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Argentina's Federal Police Regain X Account After Crypto-Scam Hack

The force moved to the courts with an inquiry targeting typosquatted crypto links promoted during the breach.

Overview

  • Unauthorized access began around 10:30–10:44 local time, and the account was normalized shortly after 12:30 following a coordinated technical response.
  • Three English-language posts appeared promoting $MIRA and $XPL and directing users to lookalike domains that imitated mira.network and plasma.to.
  • The Policía Federal characterized the incident as an “international cyberattack” and said cybersecurity protocols enabled a rapid and complete recovery.
  • The case is judicialized with measures underway to identify and sanction the perpetrators, according to the official statement.
  • Users quickly alerted Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, recalling a 2017 breach, while there is no public confirmation of data loss beyond the unauthorized posts.