REDFACED BBC bosses were today forced to apologise after a nonsensical test message was sent to thousands of their mobile phone application's users.
The bizarre message sent to BBC News mobile app users[TWITTER/GETTY]REDFACED BBC bosses were today forced to apologise after a nonsensical test message was sent to thousands of their mobile phone application's users.
Users of the BBC News app received a message earlier this morning saying: "NYPD backfires after hashtag hijacked. Push sucks! Pull blows! BREAKING NEWS No nudity in latest episode of Game of Thrones!!! MORE BREAKING NEWS IIIIII like testing"Underneath the mistakenly-sent message was the standard text: "This is a breaking news story and the BBC News app will bring you updates as soon as they are available."The bizarre message was sent out by a member of staff who was testing new features on the app.However, it is believed they did not realise that their test message would be sent out.
The message which left users bewildered [TWITTER]App users went on Twitter to express their concern.Stewart A posted: "I think my BBC news app is drunk. Not only is it not breaking news, it's just a random collection of words."Toby wrote: "This was rather weird, think the BBC News app team might need to change their password!!"And Everyday Tom added: "umm ... are you feeling ok, bbc news app?"A spokesman for the BBC said: "We’ve been in the process of testing new functionality for our Apps and a test message was sent in error this morning. "We apologise to our App users who were unnecessarily interrupted with the alert."
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