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The accounts of a number of British politicians and organisations around the globe have been hacked on X.
On Wednesday night, the accounts of numerous MPs together with Shabana Mahmood, the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Chris Elmore, Labour MP for Bridgend and Porthcawl and Carolyn Harris, Labour MP for Neath and Swansea East, all shared the identical message on their X profiles.
They have been rapidly deleted however may nonetheless be considered through Tweetdeck – the social media dashboard for administration of X, previously Twitter, accounts.
It learn: “THIS IS HACKED ACCOUNT!!!! INTRODUCING $HACKED ON SOLANA on every account we hack we publish the token handle so we pump it and make income collectively.”
The message additionally featured a prolonged code.
Different accounts which have the identical message embody the X accounts for the World Well being Organisation (WHO) on the European Union in Brussels, the Nice British Menu and Lenovo India.
Most rapidly deleted the hacked message, however some remined seen for a while.
British comic and actress Sooz Kempner shared to X her account was hacked and he or she had modified her password.
She posted: “I used to be simply having a pleasant drink with a pal when my boyfriend referred to as to inform me my account had simply been hacked. I’ve modified my password, ha ha.”