UK minister Lucy Powell's X account hacked to promote crypto scam
The official X account of UK minister Lucy Powell was hacked. The account was used to promote a fake cryptocurrency scam, and any specific financial losses or the account's recovery status have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Minister Lucy Powell's official X account misused to promote fake cryptocurrency
- Cause / method
- Hacking of official X account
- Location
- United Kingdom
Timeline
- It was reported that minister Lucy Powell's official X account had been hacked and used to promote a fake cryptocurrency.
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