The South Korean government’s official YouTube channel was hacked on Saturday and the people who did it broadcast a crypto-related clip. The video also featured billionaire and crypto enthusiast Elon Musk, local media reported, citing sources in Seoul.
Hackers air interview on the Korean government’s YouTube account with Mask
The official YouTube channel of the South Korean government was the target of a hacking attack on September 3, 2022. The criminals circulated a crypto-themed video, Korea’s Yonhap news agency said in a report on a statement from authorities. Executive power in Seoul and Google.
The channel on the video sharing platform was apparently hacked early on Saturday when its name was changed to “SpaceX Invest”. It featured a live stream dedicated to cryptocurrency that included an interview with American business magnate and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.
A representative of Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which is responsible for managing the YouTube account, said that department staff immediately took security measures after learning of the situation around 6 a.m. and were able to restore control. Channel at 7:20 p.m
The main suspicion is that the account ID and password have been stolen. YouTube’s parent company Google confirmed that the channel had been hacked, Yonhap added, citing a Google Korean official 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, which has more than half a million subscribers, was first targeted on Thursday, then again the next day, and is still unavailable. A KTO representative told the news agency that Google automatically blocks access to the account if it detects unusual activity.
In another hacking attack, an anti-government group called ‘Belarusian Cyber Parties’ tried to sell the passport of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as an NFT. The hacktivist group has been raising cryptocurrency to fund its activities, protesting Minsk’s involvement in Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
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