Twitter and YouTube accounts of British Army hacked to promote Crypto scams

London, Jul 4: The British Army has confirmed that there has been a 'breach' in the institution's cyber security. The British army has issued a statement against the act and said that it took information security 'extremely seriously' and was resolving the issue. Both Twitter and YouTube accounts have now been restored.

 

 

 

 

According to a British Army spokesperson, "Whilst we have now resolved the issue an investigation is ongoing and it would be inappropriate to comment further." The hacking resulted in renaming of both the accounts. At one stage, the Twitter account name was changed to Bapesclan, accompanied by a profile picture featuring an ape-like cartoon figure with make-up mimicking a clown.

 

 

 

 

 

After restoration, the British Army tweeted, "Apologies for the temporary interruption to our feed. We will conduct a full investigation and learn from this incident. Thanks for following us and normal service will now resume." The British Army regained control of its Twitter and YouTube accounts by Sunday (Jul 3) evening, after the accounts were used to post about cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens.