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South Korean Government Youtube Channel Hacked To Play Crypto Video With Elon Musk – Bitcoin News
The official YouTube channel of the South Korean government has been hacked on Saturday, and those who did it posted a clip related to cryptocurrency. The video also featured billionaire and crypto enthusiast Elon Musk, local media reported citing sources in Seoul.
Hackers Air Interview with Musk via the Korean government’s Youtube account
The official YouTube channel of the South Korean government has become the target of a hacking attack on September 3, 2022. The perpetrators managed to broadcast a crypto-themed video, the Korean news agency Yonhap revealed in a report based on statements from Seoul executive officials and Google .
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the video-sharing platform’s channel appeared to have been hacked as its name was changed to “Spacex Invest.” It also featured a live broadcast dedicated to cryptocurrency that included an interview with American business magnate and Spacex founder and CEO Elon Musk.
A representative of the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which is responsible for managing the Youtube account, said the department’s staff became aware of the situation at around 6am. They immediately took safety measures and were able to regain control of the channel at 7:20 am
The main suspicion is that the account’s ID and password have been stolen. Google, YouTube’s parent company, confirmed that the channel had been hacked, Yonhap added, while also quoting an official at Google Korea as saying that the unit was investigating the hacking incident.
Earlier this week, a Youtube account run by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) was also hacked. The channel, with over half a million subscribers, was first targeted on Thursday, then again the following day, and remains unavailable. A KTO representative told the news agency that Google automatically blocks access to an account in case it detects abnormal activities.
In another recent hacking attack, an anti-government group called ‘Belarusian Cyber Partisans’ attempted to sell Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s passport as an NFT. The hacktivist collective has been raising cryptocurrency to fund its activities in opposition to Minsk’s involvement in the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
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