The British Army’s YouTube channel and Twitter account were seized by hackers. Having full control over the accounts, hackers tried to hit users over cryptocurrencies. Although the security of the accounts was ensured after a short time, it is not known whether money was lost during the hacking process.
Hackers, who seized the Twitter account of the British Army, 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. The attackers, who started to share quickly, tried to redirect users to a fake website under the pretext of gift NFT.
British Army Twitter account looked like this for a few hours
Hackers, who also seized the army’s YouTube channel in simultaneous attacks, 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 consisted of interviews with Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk, known as crypto money promoters, in the past. The hackers also opened live broadcasts on this channel and 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. Ministry officials, who said they were aware of the cyber attack, announced that the investigation was continuing. However, no explanation was given on details such as how the accounts were stolen and who the hackers were.
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