Iran Press/ Europe: The British Army's official Twitter account had retweeted posts promoting NFTs, according to Reuters, while videos about cryptocurrency featuring billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk were uploaded to its YouTube account Sunday, the BBC said.
By Sunday afternoon, all NFT and crypto content had been removed from both accounts. A spokesperson told The Guardian the British Army takes "information security extremely seriously and is resolving the issue," and did not offer any further comment until the military wraps up an investigation into the breach.
The Army later 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."
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Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, chair of the Commons defense select committee, said what had happened "looks serious."
"I hope the results of the investigation and actions taken will be shared appropriately," he added in a tweet.
At one stage, the Twitter account name was changed to Bapesclan, and the profile picture was an ape-like cartoon figure in clownish make-up.
A tweet afterward read: "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."
An Army spokesperson said: "We are aware of a breach of the Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts, and an investigation is underway.
The Army's Twitter feed currently has 362,000 followers, while the YouTube channel has 177,000 subscribers.
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