PANews reported on April 16 that according to the BBC, the X account of Lucy Powell, the leader of the UK House of Commons, was hacked and used to promote a fraudulent "House of Commons" cryptocurrency. On Powell's X account, a series of now-deleted posts described the "HCC" token as "a community-driven digital currency that brings the power of the people to the blockchain". The MP's office confirmed that her account was hacked on Tuesday morning and stated that they "quickly took measures to protect the account and remove misleading posts". Recently, some public figures with large fan bases, including BBC journalist Nick Robinson, have also experienced similar cyber hacker attacks.
Luke Nolan, a senior researcher at CoinShares, said that this hack of Powell's account was an example of "pump and dump", with the token having only 34 transactions, which could have generated around 225 pounds in profit.
