British Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked to promote cryptocurrency scams

The British Army's Twitter and YouTube profiles were taken over by the hacker, or hackers, on Sunday. The Twitter account's name was changed to "pssssd," and its profile and banner pictures were changed to resemble a nonfungible token collection called "The Possessed" The name of the army's YouTube account, meanwhile, was renamed "Ark Invest" Text was added to the livestreams directing users to crypto scam websites. Both accounts have since been returned to their rightful owner. Britain's Ministry of Defense tweeted that an investigation is underway into the breach is under way, and the Army takes information security "extremely seriously," the MoD said on Monday. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the account "was compromised and has since been locked Source