The official social media account of the Spanish Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina raised eyebrows after it was discovered sending details about airdrops and upgrades to cryptocurrency projects. This led observers to speculate that the embassy's accounts might have been compromised. In a now-deleted reply on the WEN memecoin page, the embassy's X account asked about a "Warm Jupiter snapshot" and inquired about the $BEAM Launchpad on the gaming blockchain network Beam.
The embassy's account also engaged with various cryptocurrency projects, including De.Fi 2.0, Dymension, Frame, Monad, Router Protocol, Phantom, SatoshiVM, and StarHeroes, sending as many as 41 cryptocurrency-related comments in the past 24 hours. Despite some posts being deleted, 20 replies remain on X at the time of publication. The Spanish Embassy has not officially confirmed whether its X account was hacked. Notably, the account did not share any cryptocurrency-related comments before January 29.
While the motive behind the airdrop-related messages is uncertain, the incident brings attention to the fact that even high-profile entities, such as embassies, are not immune to potential compromise of their social media accounts. The Spanish Embassy joins a list of notable figures and organizations that have faced attacks on their accounts, with some experiencing compromises due to SIM swapping attacks. In one instance, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission acknowledged that its accounts were compromised by such an attack.
