Pentagon: No sensitive details compromised in hacking

No classified information has been compromised in the hacking of the US Central Command's social media accounts, a US Army official has said.

Centcom's Twitter and YouTube accounts have been suspended after apparently being hacked by Islamic State supporters.

"It's inconvenient, it's an annoyance but in no way is any sensitive or classified information compromised," Army Colonel Steve Warren said.

Warren said the defence department viewed the incident as "little more than a prank or as vandalism."

ITV News Washington Correspondent Robert Moore said the hacking is a "severe embarrassment to the US military".