Crypto Con Hits High Office: Minister’s X Account Hacked
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UK Government Minister Lucy Powell’s X account was hacked on Tuesday morning in a cryptocurrency scam for a phony “House of Commons” digital currency, multiple news sources disclosed Wednesday.
Hackers Create Fake Government Cryptocurrency
The cyberattackers put up a number of posts on Powell’s authenticated account stating “$HCC” was “a people-powered digital currency putting people’s power to the blockchain.”
Powell, the leader of the House of Commons and Manchester Central’s representative, has close to 70,000 followers on the platform.
Certain messages added the…
