The British Army has apologised for a 'temporary interruption' to its Twitter feed after its account was hacked and posted a series of bizarre tweets about NFTs
Control of the account was regained just before 9.30pm when the Army has apologised for the "temporary interruption" to its feed.
A tweet posted on the official account said: "Apologies for the temporary interruption to our feed. We will conduct a full investigation and learn from this incident.As of 7pm the account name was back but the posts remained.The Ministry of Defence earlier said it was "aware" of the situation and was investigating.We are aware of a breach of the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway.
The Army takes information security extremely seriously and is resolving the issue. Until their investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further.The British Army's Twitter account was flooded by a series of retweets encouraging followers to enter competitions to win NFTs - digital artworks that represent real-life assets such as music and videos.
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