An investigation has been launched after the British Army's official Youtube and Twitter accounts were hacked. The Army has confirmed a 'breach' of its Twitter and YouTube accounts took place on Sunday.
The Youtube channel began featuring videos on cryptocurrency and images of billionaire businessman Elon Musk. The Twitter account also raised suspicion after it then started retweeting a number of posts relating to non-fungible tokens (NFT).
An NFT is a crypto asset – such as an image, video or text – which people can be certified to own via blockchain. The Army has confirmed it is now investigating the incident after both official channels appeared to have been hacked.
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The Twitter page also had its account name changed multiple times, as well as the profile picture, which was updated to various images including that of a cartoon robot. Those behind the cyber attacks is not yet known, but the Army said they take information security 'extremely seriously'.
The Twitter feed currently has 362,000 followers, while the official YouTube channel has 177,000 subscribers. The Army have officially confirmed the issue is being resolved.
A spokesperson said: “We are aware of a breach of the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway.
“We take information security extremely seriously and are resolving the issue. Until the investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further.”
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