British Army’s Social Media Accounts Hacked

The British Army’s YouTube channel and Twitter account were seized by hackers. Hackers, who have full control over the accounts, via cryptocurrencies tried to hit. Although the security of the accounts was ensured after a short time, whether there was any loss of money during the hacking process. Unknown.

british army Hackers, who took over the Twitter account, changed the profile photo and username of the account in the first stage. Hackers, who started using the name “pssssd”, used an NFT collection called “The Possessed” as their profile photo. Attackers who started to share quickly, gift NFT Under the pretext of trying to redirect users to a fake website.

British Army Twitter account looked like this for a few hours

In simultaneous attacks YouTube channel Hackers, who took over the channel, started by deleting all the content on the channel. The hackers, who changed the channel name to “Ark Invest”, which is actually an investment consultancy company, then shared many videos. These videos are known as cryptocurrency promoters. Jack Dorsey and Elon MuskIt consisted of interviews given by . The hackers also opened live streams on this channel and they managed to reach thousands of people.

The army’s YouTube channel has become:

The British Ministry of Defense made statements on the subject on the sequence of events. The cyber attack who say they are aware Ministry officials announced that the investigation is continuing. But no details on how the accounts were stolen and who the hackers were. explanation not done.