The Twitter account of Gillian Keegan, a British politician who is serving as Secretary of State for Education, appears to be hacked. As the recent posts by this twitter account is about crypto along with the profile picture of Elon Musk, as seen below.
Gillian Keegan’s Official Twitter
The recent posts of the UK education secretary’s Twitter account are about the terms related to crypto. And are “Elon Musk centered,” as the tweets are promoting “Tesla x Twitter First Event” from past hours. That is a fake event which is claiming that there will be a “special giveaway for all our fans and the crypto community.”
After spreading the fake news related to crypto, the official account of Gillian Keegan, now seemed under investigation. As at present, the twitter handle is looking like the above image. Although all the previous tweets by Ms. Keegan is unchanged.
Although all the previous tweets by Ms. Keegan are unchanged. It must be noted that the twitter account has tweeted about Dogecoin around 152 times, where none of the tweets are not currently available.
Some Previous Hacks in 2022
In July 2022, a hacker or maybe hackers took over the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army. The twitter profile the hacker/hackers used are of fake NFTs, which were promoting crypto giveaway schemes. Additionally, on its YouTube account, they have aired live streams with clips of Elon Musk and directed users to crypto fraud websites, as per the CNBC report.
Moreover, at the end of November, a hacker leaked almost 5.3 Million twitter accounts details on a cybercrime forum. Recently Hudson Rock, a cybercrime intelligence company, wrote in its twitter account that it has “discovered a credible threat actor selling 400 Million twitter users data.”
According to the tweet, “The private database contains devastating amounts of information including emails and phone numbers of high profile users such as AOC, Kevin O’Leary, Vitalik Buterin & more.”
The threat actor claimed in the post that “the data was obtained in early 2022 due to a vulnerability in Twitter, as well as attempting to extort ElonMusk to buy the data or face GDPR lawsuits.”
Notably, “it is not possible to fully verify that there are indeed 400 Million users in the database. According to an independent verification the data itself appears to be legitimate, as the cybercrime intelligence firm noted.
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Source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2022/12/26/gillian-keegans-twitter-handle-seems-hacked-promoting-crypto/