The British Army Twitter account has been hacked and is now posting tweets promoting competitions to win NFTs and claiming the UK is going to attack Pakistan.
The account name has changed several times and new profile pictures including an ape wearing face paint have been shown.
After tweeting about an NFT scam the account appears to be proclaiming other things pic.twitter.com/edfdEqTZos
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 3, 2022
Additionally, it now seems as if their YouTube channel is gone too. Being replaced with an investment channel.
Additionally, it now seems as if their YouTube channel is gone too. Being replaced with an investment channel. called 'Ark Invest'. pic.twitter.com/AddsaMsNNp
— George Allison (@geoallison) July 3, 2022
The Ministry of Defence said:
“We are aware of a breach of the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway.
The Army takes information security extremely seriously and is resolving the issue. Until their investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further.”
NFT?
The Verge have this covered here, it is a ‘Non-fungible token.’
“Non-fungible”more or less means that it’s unique and can’t be replaced with something else. For example, a bitcoin is fungible — trade one for another bitcoin, and you’ll have exactly the same thing.
A one-of-a-kind trading card, however, is non-fungible. If you traded it for a different card, you’d have something completely different. You gave up a Squirtle, and got a 1909 T206 Honus Wagner, which StadiumTalk calls “the Mona Lisa of baseball cards.” (I’ll take their word for it.)”
How do NFTs work?
The Verge say that, at a very high level, most NFTs are part of the Ethereum blockchain, though other blockchains have implemented their own version of NFTs. Ethereum is a cryptocurrency, like bitcoin or dogecoin, but its blockchain also keeps track of who’s holding and trading NFTs.
An NFT is also known as a JPG. lol
Good for you, Brooklyn. Invest it in NFTs.
The tweet in question
Are you like 12 dude?
Dude? How old are you…12?
I canceled all my social media accounts 2 years ago. Social media has become the sewer of society today. I don’t miss it at all.
Never have played the social media world I’ve cleared enough minefields too get involved with a media weapon of miss destruction its not worth it especially when it comes too ones Security Dan
Some people are gay, get over it. In other news some prefer Corrie to Eastenders, Bach to Beethoven, and cheese and onion crisps to salt and vinegar.
Some of us don’t do soaps at all. please don’t mention those two efforts again. ps I have friends who do soaps and I try to support them, so I’m not soap-phobic. As for the rest, love who you like and be happy, just don’t do soaps.
Err Richard Edward, where do I come across as homophobic, I’m not and I have never have been, but hey if you wonks feel I am , who am I to disagree with a load of ethical latte drinkers who find offence with everything and go out of their fing way to cancel those they hate in the name of equality.
FYI
My aunt ( A WO1 no less ) was gay, and had her mates (Also gay) keep an eye out on her young nephew Farouk.
When I did my resettlement, I asked my replacement if she wanted to stay at my house whilst I was away with her girlfriend.
Our neighbour Micheal is gay, thinks I’m great as I buy him a bottle of rum every Christmas.
My best mates daughter is gay, she passes out of RMAS next month, guess who’s going to see her pass off.
My hairdresser is gay
I’ve physically defended gay people in real life.
My post was about the hidden Easter egg on an official channel. Which if you had gay friends , you would have seen. I have no problem getting told off , but not by liberal bigots who don’t have a f-ing scooby about me and find offence at the white face they see in the mirror. But then you lot are only hard over social media. Wouldn’t say boo to a ghost in real life,
Boom and once again Farouk shoots and we have woke down woke down 😂👍
Oh dear, homosexuals in the military, how will you cope? Did nobody bother to ask how this will affect you?
Oh dear, my fav Spanish film. ( Yes I watch foreign films) is :
“All about my Mother”
its about a prostitute who walks away from that life when she becomes pregnant, years later her teenage son dies and she returns to Barcelona to inform the boys father their son has died. Turns out he now ids as a woman , gets a nun pregnant , gives her aids, she dies and the original woman decides to adopt the child.
funny film for a so called homophobe to enjoy. But hey, you keep throwing those barbs, maybe , just maybe you might get to cancel someone..
Think you have overreacted and not quite understood Farouks amusing bit of banter!
Judging by his response you are probably mistaken.
They’re an attention seeker looking to start an argument so they can cry cancel culture when they get ridiculed.
I think it’s good they are able to be their true selves as well as serve their county. Who cares who someone loves as long as it’s consensual and respectful. It was not long ago we in-prisoned people just because they the had intimate feelings for someone of the same sex or destroyed their careers and lives. Probably the best example is Alan Turing, who probably did more to end WW2 than any other single individual and is the farther of modern computer science and yet he was charged with a criminal act, forced to take a life changing hormone, lost his security clearance, was publicly shamed and almost undoubtedly killed himself at 41 all because this remarkable man was gay. What humanity lost from losing Turing early we will never sadly know, but we know what he did for this nation and the world and to our shame we also know what this nation did to him.
Jonathan,
Never had an issue with people who are different, and in the army very few came as different as me.As I’ve mentioned I have a large number of gay friends, and they unlike the social justice warriors can take a joke
i mentioned Shelly who was my replacement when I left the army. She stayed at my house with her girlfriend when I did my resettlement , I came back one weekend and was downstairs on the phone to my other half ( Who couldn’t understand having 2 girls in my house and thought there was something going on) anyway huge argument upstairs, Shelley’s girlfriend was upset over how the special meal she had cooked didn’t get more praise , so lots of shouting tears, and she packed her bags and left . After a while Shelly walked down stairs , looked me in the eye and uttered …”Women!”
I actually bumped into her last week, we hugged , got a kiss on the cheek and she told me I smelt nice. ( New aftershave MontBlanc Explorer ultra blue) yeah some bigot I must be.
As I said I have no issues with anybody regards their sexuality. But I do with social justice warriors who find offence at what they see in the mirror and decide to spread that self hatred to all and sundry. (looks at Peter Tatchel whom the wonks have painted as a homophobe..oh the irony)
I try to be very tolerant of things like gay pride, mainly due to the massive level of injustice and things like imprisonment of gay people within living memory. I think if you’ve suffered a massive injustice your allowed to celebrate freedom from it and make sure everyone remembers that freedom for the individual is important.
Im not so keep on people picking fights for what are really pointless arguments or demanding that they have some right that impacts on others rights and freedoms.
But gay pride as a celebration of freedom why not.
I find it alarming the British Army has a Twatter account in the first place. Social media in general tends to be a perpetual rage machine full of conspiracy theories, political propaganda, and mindless trivia, but Twatter tends to be worse as it focuses on this with only a 3 sec attention span.
What’s that you say? I lost track after a sentence. Can you put it in 140 characters or less with emoji to show me the important parts 😂😂😂😂😂
I rest my case 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😉
The Armed Forces have Twitter and facebook accounts?
What could go wrong …?
Good grief, who bloody cares what sexuality someone is, it’s so boring. I happen to be heterosexual, my colleague happens to be gay, what’s that got to do with my business, sod all.
Yes it was terrible years ago, it isn’t anymore, no-one I know cares what ‘club’ people are in, get the hell over it…
Do witches and warlocks get a pride parade, they used to burn and drown their particular minority, perhaps they should get black cat and broom stick badges to wear at work….
Every once in a while I read something very droll on this site which makes me laugh out loud 🙂
“Do witches and warlocks get a pride parade, they used to burn and drown their particular minority, perhaps they should get black cat and broom stick badges to wear at work….”
Many thanks John
Morning David, I’m sure the woke among us passed out at my lack of ‘understanding’ into their ethically sourced coffee…
As you laughed at it, ( so just as guilty) we will no doubt be forced to march at the head of the next pride parade, self flagellating ourselves with rainbow coloured whips and blowing whistles….
😆
“…… self flagellating ourselves with rainbow coloured whips and blowing whistles….” ??
I’m in !! 😃
As a comedian once said before the internet If a guy f**ks a pig he’s left to feel like oh no Its so bad I must be only person who’s done that. But now he goes on the internet and is part of community. 😂😂😂
Not in Isreal MS
In Drag or leathers ?
I’m thinking feathers Tommo…..🤣🤣🤣
Too Burlesque like Gypsy Rose Lee whoops now I’ve offended the travelling community 😬
You joke mate but…….
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scotland-prepares-pardon-for-the-witches-it-executed-mf6txwc0v
I can’t believe you’re so cold hearted man.
Did they do the nose in order to get a conviction – if they weighed the same as a duck it would have been a fair cop…
🤣🤣🤣 good grief Andy, now I’ve seen everything mate!
I wonder how much the SNP focus and working group spent on that escapade!
There’s a spot not that far from us where they’re building a statue or the like. While it wasn’t exactly a high note in our collective history, its not like it was just what is now the decadent West that was doing this stuff. Here ya go, something else for the hair shirt wearers (well their internet dwelling offspring)….
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/tributes-fife-remember-local-women-18895668
I for one am delighted that our ‘Dear Leader’ has her finger on the pulse and is dealing with the important stuff….. Again. 😉
With the Dear leader in the North and blustering Boris in the South, with a hollowed out wooden alternative, we are doomed Andy, Doomed I tell you….
Yeah, its an absolute shitshow isn’t it. I’m not sure what we’ve done to deserve what we’re getting. 🙁
We all need cheering up a bit!
I’ll kick us off, I was driving home from the office a few months ago and the sad news of the death of comedy genius Barry Cryer came on the radio.
Various comedians told their favourite Cryer jokes … I had to pull over as I was laughing so much!
An example, man sits in the doctors office, the doctor, ashen faced, looks the guy straight in the eye and say’s,
I must caution you to stop masterbating straight away..
Why says the man?
Because I am trying to examine you!
I dare you not to laugh, there we go fellers, life’s not all bad!
😂
He was a clever man. I’ll toss in one of my fav’s….
How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman ????
None….. 😉
Nice one Andy, he apparently spoke to a very good friend of his in the weeks before he died, when asked how he was, he simply said,
“I’ve stopped buying green bananas”
Funny until the end, possibly the best gallows humour I’ve ever heard 🤣
An absolute legend.
P.s, I’m sure Mark will be along to tell you the Irishmen joke ‘isn’t funny’ before long…..
We had one Lad who put himself down as a Cornish Druid, unfortunately for him the skipper refused his wish for a so called Wicker man ceremony on the sweepdeck on his birthday
🤣🤣 possible fire risk with the wicker man Tommo!
At the the time of this melarkie, Arson of Naval ships and Dockyards was still classed as a Capital offence If Jan the Druid had set the wicker man alight and destroyed Naval equipment we could have had a real wickerman with the Guilty Arsonist poor Jan 🔥🔥🔥🧙♀️🧙♀️🧙♂️
Changed times. Surely when an official organisation like army etc have a twitter, youtube they should have a emergency reset or shut down button to push for this exact situation.