On July 3, hackers gained access to the official Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts of the British Army and advertised fraudulent non-fungible token (NFT) collecting and cryptocurrency scams for almost four hours. Shortly after 2 PM ET, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Press Office of the United Kingdom tweeted that it was aware that the Army’s social media accounts had been compromised and had conducted an inquiry. Around 5:45 PM ET, nearly four hours later, the Office published an update stating that they had fixed the account breaches. The official Twitter account for the British Army expressed regret for the tweets and promised to look into the matter and “learn from this mistake.” Social Media Accounts Users have provided screenshots of the British Army’s official Twitter account, where it can see that the hackers are pushing at least two fake NFT collections variants called “The Possessed” and “BAPESCLAN.” British Army Twitter account @BritishArmy appears to have been hacked pic.twitter.com/41HPtSeln1 — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 3, 2022 In one screenshot, the hackers are seen pinning a tweet to a phony mint of The Possessed NFT collection. This tweet contains a phishing link, which, if activated, would drain users’ cryptocurrency wallets of their assets. One of the collection’s creators, Tom Watson, alerted his followers to the false material and requested that they report it. The @BritishArmy has been comp...
