Followers and followers have been stunned when the YouTube channels of three native artists all of the sudden confirmed videos associated to cryptocurrency.
Folks-pop band Ben&Ben on Monday introduced that their account on the video-sharing platform was compromised after a video that includes Ripple and “XRP worth prediction” appeared on their channel.
Ripple is an organization that gives cross-border fee options to banks and monetary establishments. It’s also thought-about one of many largest cryptocurrency platforms by market capitalization.
XRP is its cryptocurrency token, which is claimed to be one of many main fee cryptocurrencies and among the many high ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.
Cryptocurrency is decentralized digital cash primarily based on blockchain expertise and secured by cryptography. In contrast to the US Greenback or the Euro, it’s not managed and maintained by a government.
In the meantime, Ben&Ben stated that whereas their staff has “restored and recovered a major half” of their YouTube channel from the hackers, they’re nonetheless “ready on the response” of their companions in addressing the matter.
The band’s YouTube residence web page continues to be exhibiting a reside video about cryptocurrency as uploaded by the hackers.
Ben&Ben’s username was additionally modified to @ripple.official-Iive.
“Nonetheless, we’re doing our greatest to resolve this instantly. Thanks on your endurance and assist, Liwanag,” the band stated on a Fb Story on July 15.
P-pop group SB19 additionally had their YouTube channel hacked however have been capable of retrieve it rapidly.
“We remorse to tell you that SB19’s official YouTube account was lately compromised. We took fast motion to deal with the incident, and relaxation assured that it’s now underneath management,” 1Z Leisure, the group’s label, stated on Monday.
“Our staff has reported the incident to the related authorities concerned to forestall related occurrences sooner or later. We sincerely recognize your endurance and understanding as we work to make sure the protection and safety of our on-line platforms. Thanks on your continued assist,” it added.
Some social media customers claimed that SB19’s YouTube channel posted videos about cryptocurrency. Based mostly on the screenshots, Ripple was additionally talked about.
The YouTube channel of OPM icon Rico Blanco, former frontman of Rivermaya, was additionally hacked in response to some Filipinos.
Some shared screengrabs of the incident which confirmed Ripple “discovering happiness” and an “XRP worth prediction.”
As of this writing, Rico’s channel is now not sharing the supposed cryptocurrency-related videos.
In 2020, Business Insider reported that massive YouTube channels have been hacked by these selling Bitcoin scams.
A gaming YouTuber stated such hacking incidents could possibly be prevented if the video-sharing platform required two-factor authentication for logins or importing videos.
