Ib qho screenshot ntawm British Army tus Twitter profile thaum nws raug hacked, ntawm Wayback Machine. Nws cov duab profile thiab banner tau hloov pauv kom zoo ib yam li cov ntawv sau tsis raug hu ua "The Possessed."
Ib tug hacker cuam tshuam cov social media accounts ntawm British Army los thawb tib neeg mus rau kev dag ntxias cryptocurrency.
Cov tub rog Twitter thiab YouTube cov ntaub ntawv raug nyiag los ntawm cov neeg nyiag khoom, lossis cov neeg nyiag nkas - tus kheej ntawm leej twg tseem tsis tau paub - hnub Sunday. Tus account Twitter lub npe tau hloov mus rau "pssssd," thiab nws cov duab profile thiab banner tau hloov pauv kom zoo ib yam li cov ntawv sau tsis raug hu ua "The Possessed."
Tus Possessed tus nom Twitter account ceeb toom rau cov neeg siv ntawm "cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj SCAM tshiab" uas yog tus sau los ntawm NFTs - tokens sawv cev rau cov tswv cuab ntawm cov ntsiab lus hauv online.
Hnub Sunday ntxov, tus as khauj tau hloov npe hu ua "Bapesclan" - lub npe ntawm lwm NFT sau - thaum nws cov duab banner tau hloov mus rau ib tug tas luav ape nrog clown pleev rau. Lub hacker kuj tau pib retweeting posts txhawb NFT giveaway schemes.
Bapesclan tsis teb tam sim ntawd rau CNBC cov lus ncaj qha ntawm Twitter.
Lub npe ntawm UK tub rog tus account YouTube, lub sijhawm no, tau hloov mus rau "Ark Invest," lub tuam txhab peev ntawm Tesla thiab bitcoin bull Cathie Wood.
Lub hacker tshem tawm tag nrho cov account cov yeeb yaj duab thiab hloov nrog lawv nrog livestreams ntawm qub clips coj los ntawm kev sib tham nrog Elon Musk thiab Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey ntawm bitcoin uas tau tuav los ntawm Ark thaum Lub Xya Hli 2021. Cov ntawv nyeem tau ntxiv rau cov kwj dej directing cov neeg siv rau crypto scam websites.
Ob tus account txij thaum ntawd tau raug xa rov qab mus rau lawv tus tswv txoj cai.
"Kev ua txhaum cai ntawm Tub Rog Twitter thiab YouTube cov nyiaj uas tshwm sim ua ntej hnub no tau raug daws thiab kev tshawb nrhiav tab tom ua," Britain lub Ministry of Defense tweeted hnub Monday.
"Cov tub rog siv cov ntaub ntawv kev ruaj ntseg heev thiab kom txog thaum lawv qhov kev tshawb fawb tiav nws yuav tsis tsim nyog los tawm tswv yim ntxiv."
Tus kws tshaj lij Twitter tau lees paub tias tub rog Askiv tus lej "tau raug cuam tshuam thiab txij li tau raug kaw thiab ruaj ntseg."
"Tam sim no cov neeg tuav nyiaj tau txais kev nkag mus thiab tus account rov qab thiab ua haujlwm," tus cev lus hais rau CNBC ntawm email.
Tus neeg sawv cev ntawm YouTube tsis tuaj yeem tawm tswv yim tam sim ntawd thaum hu los ntawm CNBC.
Tobias Ellwood, tus tsim cai lij choj British Conservative uas yog tus thawj tswj hwm pawg neeg tiv thaiv hauv Parliament, hais tias kev ua txhaum cai "zoo li hnyav."
"Kuv vam tias cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav thiab kev nqis tes ua yuav raug muab qhia kom tsim nyog."
Nws tsis yog thawj zaug uas muaj npe nrov social media account tau siv los ntawm hackers los txhawb crypto scams. Xyoo 2020, cov Twitter account ntawm Musk, Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Biden thiab ntau lwm tus yog coj lawm mus swindle lawv cov thwjtim ntawm bitcoin.
- CNBC's Lora Kolodny tau pab txhawb rau daim ntawv tshaj tawm no
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/04/uk-armys-twitter-and-youtube-accounts-hacked-to-promote-crypto-scams.html