Cryptohackers hijacked British Army accounts to hide NFTs
Records of the British Army in Twitter and Youtube were hacked this weekend, likely part of a scheme to promote certain NFT collections Twitter feed as it was can be viewed here : the hackers essentially replaced all the images around the account and started retweeting NFT-related schemes to around 365,000 British Army followers. They also renamed the account to 'pssssd' and later to 'Bapesclan'.
On the other hand, in the army account Youtube a bunch of fake crypto videos have been posted where footage of Elon Musk is combined with some crypto show to give the false impression that the billionaire founder of Tesla is connected to a given scheme.
These elements of the attack were accompanied by a more disturbing twist when the account decided to play geopolitics by claiming that the UK was at war with Pakistan.
Obviously, this doesn't mean anything, but in the age of disinformation, it's all too easy to imagine how things like this could be misused and remain online long after account control has been regained.
The breach of the Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts that occurred earlier today has been resolved and an investigation is underway.
— Ministry of Defense Press Office (@DefenceHQPress) July 3, 2022
The Army takes information security extremely seriously and until their investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further.
Shortly after the post in Pakistan, the account was restored to its rightful owners and various posts made by the hackers were deleted. The Army confirmed the hack and released the following: "We apologize for the temporary interruption in our channel. We will conduct a full investigation and learn from this incident. Thank you for following us and normal service will now resume".
This type of scam, in which the accounts of a relatively large number of followers are hacked in order to spread get-rich-quick crypto schemes, is becoming more common and has targets even more reputable than the British Army: Kanye West was broken, as well as cam Mask and Bill Gates.
The motto of the British Army is Be The Best. Maybe in the future she'll take that advice and come up with a stronger password than HerMajesty01.
