Multiple Official X Accounts Suspected of Being Hacked, Irish National Police Account Posts Crypto Phishing Content

Odaily News: Multiple official X accounts under the Irish National Police (An Garda Síochána) are suspected of being hijacked by hackers and used for cryptocurrency promotion. The affected accounts include the official traffic safety account GardaTraffic, which has approximately 600,000 followers, and the general government affairs account GardaInfo, which has nearly 300,000 followers. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening. The hackers removed the accounts' official police badge verification, changed the account location to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and intensively posted multiple tweets promoting crypto assets, including phishing content that lured users to claim XRP allocations. Currently, some of the violating tweets have been flagged with warnings by the platform. Irish police responded that they are aware of the security incident and will issue an official investigation statement later.