UK Lawmaker's X Account Hacked in Scheme Promoting Bogus 'Parliament Coin'

The X account of UK member of Parliament and Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, was hacked to promote a scam crypto token.

On April 15, in a sequence of subsequently removed tweets from her X account, Powell posted links to a token known as the House of Commons Coin (HOC). She characterized it as "a digitally-driven community currency."

A part of Powell's team confirmed to the BBC stating that the account had been compromised and that "measures were promptly implemented to secure the account and eliminate deceptive postings."

DEX Screener shows The HOC token attracted minimal interest among potential investors, reaching a peak market capitalization of slightly more than $24,000 following the postings from Powell’s account.

The token has been involved in a total of 736 transactions with a trading volume of merely $71,000.

While Powell hasn’t promoted a cryptocurrency before, it isn’t unheard of for political figures to back real crypto tokens.

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump both launched and promoted days before they moved into the White House, memecoins drew criticism from the president. political rivals and even some supporters.

Argentine President Javier Melei also promoted a token called LIBRA, which quickly crashed in value and has caused a political scandal in Argentina and calls for a probe into Melei’s participation with the token.

Powell's account breach comes after an analogous attack on Ghana's president.

In March, the X account belonging to Ghana’s President John Mahama experienced a comparable security incident when hackers took control of his profile for 48 hours. The attackers used the platform to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency known as Solanafrica.

The Twitter account of the Ghanaian president was hacked in March 2025. Source: CrediRates

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The fraudsters created comparable cryptocurrency promotion messages targeted at Mahama’s 2.4 million followers, asserting that the fraudulent scheme was "facilitating swift and cost-free transactions throughout the continent with assistance from Solana and the Bank of Ghana."

The president's team took back control of Mahama's X account two days later. His spokesperson, Kwakye Ofosu, told The AFP has stated that the account "has now been completely reinstated, and we advise the public to ignore any dubious cryptocurrency-related messages posted by this handle."

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