US military account's gibberish tweet prompts viral mystery

People joked it could be nuclear code but real explanation is every social media manager's nightmare

The perils of working from home while managing the social media account of a major military power have been thrown into sharp relief after the US Strategic Command tweeted a confusing string of gibberish.

Thirteen mysterious characters long, the tweet - ;l;;gmlzxssaw" - prompted some on social media to jokingly suggest it was confidential information, for example a password or a nuclear launch code, that had accidentally been leaked.