The Army regained control of the account by Sunday evening, putting an end to the fake NFT promotions that were on its page.
“We can confirm that yesterday there was a breach of the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway," an Army spokesperson told The Block.
“We take information security extremely seriously and whilst we have now resolved the issue an investigation is ongoing and it would be inappropriate to comment further.” Hacks to verified accounts such as this one are commonplace in the NFT world and are a method of running scam giveaways or selling fake NFTs through official-looking sources. This hack hints at a lack of extra layers of security on official UK government accounts. This could potentially have been prevented through measures such as two-factor-authentication. The hack could also have been carried out through the owner visiting a malicious URL.
The British Army currently has 362,000 Twitter followers, while the YouTube channel has 177,000 subscribers. © 2022 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.Lucy is a senior reporter at The Block focusing on fintech. Prior to joining, she worked as a freelancer, with bylines in Wired, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
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