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Ireland's National Police Warns of Hacked X Accounts Promoting Crypto Scams
Ireland's national police force, An Garda Síochána, warned the public about two of its official X accounts being compromised and used to promote a crypto scam. The compromised handles were GardaInfo and GardaTraffic, with combined audiences of more than 900,000 followers. Unauthorized access began at approximately 11 p.m. on October 14, 2026, and the breach was confirmed the following day. The force warned the public not to engage with the compromised accounts and that there were no signs of unauthorized access to internal systems or data. Xaman, a wallet app, confirmed the allocation claims were fraudulent.