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British Army Twitter, YouTube accounts compromised; Used to advertise NFT


The British Army said its Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised on Sunday.

As of 6pm GMT (11:30pm IST), the @BritishArmy handle, verified by Twitter, has retweeted several posts promoting a non-fungible token (NFT) on its timeline. .

The military YouTube account has been renamed ‘Ark Invest’ and shows a number of crypto-related videos.

A military spokesman said: “We are aware of a breach of the military’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway.

“We take information security very seriously and are working on it. Until the investigation is complete, it would not be appropriate to comment further.”

The Army Twitter feed currently has 362,000 followers, while the YouTube channel has 177,000 subscribers.

Ark Invest is the name of a global investment company. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via email and the company’s website.

Last month, Axie Infinity, the popular blockchain gaming platform, announced that it has finally restored its Ethereum-linked sidechain called Ronin Network three months after it suffered a major breach. In March, a hack attack on this bridge drained a whopping $625 million (about Rs 4,729) from the game company.

In an effort to address the risk of a hack attack, Ronin Bridge has now set a daily withdrawal limit of $50 million (approximately Rs 395) and will be reset every 24 hours. If the limit is reached early in the day, the admin can reset it.

Meanwhile, blockchain research firm Chainalysis recently launched a hotline to accept reports of cryptocurrency attack attempts. If entities are exposed to suspicious crypto payment requests from strangers, they can call this hotline and register their alerts. The phone line will be functional 24×7 and user complaints about theft, code exploits or ransomware attacks will be noted.




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