A verified Twitter account for the British Army has been hijacked by hackers who use it to promote NFT and announce a fake attack on the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
At the time of posting, it was unclear whether the account had been restored, but numerous NFT (non-comparable token) related retweets remained active on its page. innings.
But its name ranges from BAPESCLAN to “British Army”, hackers used to call it “[number one] clan metavestor on ETH [Ethereum] chain team with billions of years of experience. Powered by @chaintechlabs“.
The Hacker Avatar, an NFT-style monkey dressed as Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, has also been removed and reverted to Twitter’s default placeholder.
After tweeting about the NFT scam, the account seems to mean something else. pic.twitter.com/edfdEqTZos
– OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 3, 2022
As of press time, the Department of Defense (DOD) cannot “tell” who is behind the hack. by Danielle Sheridan, Defense Editor Telegram Newspaper close to Britain’s ruling Tory party.
While some social media users were shocked by the British Army’s acquisition of possible fake digital photos of monkey drawings for a shilling, others were concerned about the consequences, especially as hackers jokingly announced that a nuclear-armed attack on Pakistan would be imminent.
Instead of tweeting “Isle of Wight captured by Russia”, consider if they used that. Surely such an account should be more secure?” sue analyst Joe Armitage.
Source: Breitbart
