UK military investigates hacks on Army social media accounts
British military authorities are trying to (investigates hacks on Army) find out who hacked into army social media accounts over the weekend, flooding them with cryptocurrency videos and posts related to collectible electronic art.
The investigation was launched after authoris
While Internet users were unable to access the Army’s YouTube site on Monday, a spokesman said the site was down for standard maintenance. The Twitter feed was working normally.
Although UK officials previously raised concerns about Russian state-sponsored hacking, the military did not speculate on who was responsible for Sunday’s breaches.
“The military takes information security very seriously, and until its investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further,” the Defense Ministry said.
While Internet users were unable to access the Army’s YouTube site on Monday, a spokesman said the site was down for standard maintenance. The Twitter feed was working normally.
Although UK officials previously raised concerns about Russian state-sponsored hacking, the military did not speculate on who was responsible for Sunday’s breaches.
“The military takes information security very seriously, and until its investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further,” the Defense Ministry said.
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