The X report by the British MP and head of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, was hacked to advertise a fraud crypto token.
In a series of posts on April 15, Powells X-Konto shared on the left to a token called the House of Commons Coin (HOC), which described it as “a community-told digital currency”.
Source: Daniel Green
An worker of Powell confirmed the BBC that the account had been chopped and that “steps were quickly taken to secure the account and take away misleading places”.
Dex Screener shows that the HOC token of potential investors only recorded limited interest and, shortly after Powell's positions, achieved a top market capitalization of just over $ 24,000.
The token has a complete of 736 transactions and a trading volume of only 71,000 US dollars.
While Powell has not yet promoted cryptocurrency, it will not be unknown for political personalities to support real crypto token.
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump began and promoted Memecoins Memecoins days before they entered the White House, and triggered the political rivals of the President and even some followers.
The Argentine President Javier Mabyei also promoted a token called Libra, who quickly fell and caused a political scandal in Argentina and called for an investigation into Meleis participation within the token.
Powell's account hack follows an analogous attack on President Ghanas
In March, the X report about Ghana's President John Mahama experienced an analogous violation, with attackers taking up his report for 48 hours to advertise fraud cryptocurrency called Solanafrica.
The Ghanaian President's X account was hacked in March 2025. Source: Credirates
The fraudsters made similar cryptofo -promoting contributions similar to Mahamas 2.4 million followers and claimed that the fraud project “ran quickly and freed from charge with the support of Solana and Bank of Ghana.”
The President's team gained control of Mahamas X account two days later. His spokesman, Kwakye ofosu, told the AFP that the account “has now been completely restored, and we’re asking the general public to disregard suspicious cryptocurrency contributions.”
