YouTube helps recover hacked channel that attempted XRP crypto scams

Prominent YouTuber DidYouKnowGaming was capable to regain entree to his YouTube channel, which an anonymous atrocious histrion hacked to beforehand XRP (XRP) cryptocurrency scams.

While the improvement of hacking into YouTube channels to beforehand assorted scams has been 1 of the long-standing methods of targeting unwary investors, the fig of creators connected the level reporting specified hacks has increased. Most recently, DidYouKnowGaming — a YouTuber with 2.4 cardinal subscribers — warned his Twitter followers astir a hack.

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After gaining entree to the account, the hacker changed the YouTuber’s illustration and screen images to Ripple’s logo, arsenic shown below.

Hacked YouTube relationship of DidYouKnowGaming. Source: Twitter

YouTube’s swift involution ensured harm power by preventing XRP hackers to interact with the transmission subscribers. Recently, 1 of the largest YouTube creators Linus Tech Tips reported losing entree to his fig of channels.

While the exploit utilized by the hackers to summation entree to YouTube accounts remains a mystery, the unfortunate YouTubers person ever been capable to retrieve their accounts and deleted videos, if any.

*hacker voice* I'm successful pic.twitter.com/GRY6udVsZv

The menace to crypto investors from specified hacks is salient considering the emergence of deepfakes — fake impersonation videos generated by artificial quality (AI) tools to dispersed misinformation.

Hackers often make deepfakes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk among different entrepreneurs to misguide crypto investors.

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The concerns escalate arsenic Chinese tech elephantine Tencent launched a caller deepfakes-as-a-service, allowing users to impersonate anyone for $145 (1,000 yuan).

Deepfake mentation (left) created by Tencent Cloud’s AI service. Source: Tencent (via Jiemian) 

As antecedently reported by Cointelegraph, the work volition beryllium utilized by Tencent for hosting live-streamed infomercials for the Chinese demographic.

Related: Here’s however to rapidly spot a deepfake crypto scam — cybersecurity execs

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