UK probes hacking of army’s Twitter, YouTube accounts

A file photo of soldiers marching. Videos on cryptocurrency and images of billionaire businessman Elon Musk appeared on the British army's YouTube account, while its Twitter account retweeted a number of messages that appeared to be related to NFT, or non-fungible tokens. — Photo by Filip Andrejevic on Unsplash

LONDON: British officials have launched an investigation after hackers took control of the armed forces Twitter and YouTube accounts, the ministry of defence announced on July 3.

"We are aware of a breach of the Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway," said a ministry statement.