Cryptic US military tweet was no code, it was toddler gibberish

Cryptic US military tweet was no code, it was toddler gibberish
(Lockheed Martin)

A tweet issued on the official page of the US military command in charge of the nation’s nuclear arsenal had many on social media confused.

Many wondered what the Sunday evening tweet, which read “;l;;gmlxzssaw”, meant. Some speculated that the account of the US Strategic Command, which has its headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha, may have been hacked.

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