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An NHS executive’s Twitter accounts were hacked to promote a PlayStation 5 sales scam.<\/p>\n

Helen Bevan, who is chief transformation officer of NHS Horizons, saw her two Twitter accounts with a combined 133,000 followers hacked and then used to flog fake PS5s, the BBC<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

According to the BBC, Bevan paid \u00a3110 to someone who said they could restore the accounts within 25 minutes, but they turned out to be a scammer as well.<\/p>\n

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An NHS executive’s Twitter accounts were hacked to promote a PlayStation 5 sales scam. Helen Bevan, who is chief transformation officer of NHS Horizons, saw her two Twitter accounts with a combined 133,000 followers hacked and then used to flog fake PS5s, the BBC reports. According to the BBC, Bevan paid \u00a3110 to someone who said they could restore the accounts within 25 minutes, but they turned out to be a scammer as well. 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