Crypto-Gauner Push Musk, XRP fraud in weekend hacking frenzy
Crypto-Gauner Push Musk, XRP fraud in weekend hacking frenzy
- This is the third hack within a week for South Korea's official social media channels
- Google Korea is now examining the latest YouTube incident together with the Department of Cybercrime in Seoul
crypto fraudsters stood out at the weekend and hijacked an official YouTube channel of the South Korean government next to the Twitter account of the accounting giant PWC to promote fraud.
South Korea's YouTube channel was confiscated on Saturday and renamed “SpaceX Invest”. Hacker then broadcast a crypto-related video, followed by an interview with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, YONHAP-NUNSCHAFT reported.
At around the same time, the Venezolan branch of the PWC Twitter account tweeted more than a dozen links to a classic crypto-giveaway fraud.
The links led to a fake Ripple Labs website that encouraged users to send Ripple (XRP) to a specific address, whereupon they were promised more in return. The account wrote: "Would you like to see how #xrp will make you rich?" and "#xrp gogogo", among other slogans.
It took at least eight hours for the PwC Venezuela Twitter account, while South Korea's YouTube channel was restored after about four hours. According to reports, Google Korea and the Department of Cybercrime from Seoul are investigating the incident.
The hack is the third incident against South Korea's official YouTube channels within a week, with one of the Korea Tourism organization being carried out illegally last Thursday and Friday.
A YouTube channel of the South Korean National Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art was also compromised on Thursday. The Korea-Herold reported
Twitter and youtube have Long criticized Platforms for promoting crypto fraud, stretching all the way back to 2018. Saylor of Microstrategy and Vitalik Buterin von Ethereum.
Muschus YouTube at the beginning of this year and claimed that it did not fight fake advertising that uses its identity at To promote crypto advertising gifts.
cyber security researchers are not an advertising gift fraud Fraud campaign, in which legitimate YouTube advertising was bought for dodgy "SpaceX" token, which can be purchased via Uniswap. YouTube said in June it was removed by channels that are reported that they are promoting crypto fraud.
At the peak of public interest in crypto from this year, Metas Social Media platform Facebook was also attacked by hackers for the same reason-to swish capital of potential crypto investors.
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