No, the UK military does not promote cryptocurrencies. His Twitter and YouTube accounts have been hacked, the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday.

“Investigations underway. The military takes information security very seriously and we are in the process of resolving this issue,” the Defense Department tweeted. “Until their investigation is complete,” the department said. It would be inappropriate to comment further.”

The breaches in the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts that took place earlier today have been resolved and are under investigation.

The military takes information security very seriously and until their investigation is complete, it would be inappropriate to comment further.

—Defence Ministry Press Office (@DefenceHQPress) 3 July 2022

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Elon Musk and NFT

Cryptocurrency videos and images of trader Elon Musk have appeared on Senna’s YouTube channel, while its official Twitter account has retweeted several posts that appear to be related to NFTs.

NFT, for “fungible token” or non-fungible token, is a digital format that makes it possible to associate any virtual object (image, animation, video, piece of music, etc.) with which a certificate of authenticity has been recorded. Is. A “blockchain”, the technology that serves as the basis for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, in particular.

The British Army apologized for the “temporary interruption” of its content on Twitter, and announced the resumption of its account’s normal service. “We will conduct a thorough investigation and learn from this incident,” she said.