The official Youtube channel of the South Korean government has been hacked on Saturday and those who did it, broadcasted a cryptocurrency-related clip. The video also featured billionaire and crypto enthusiast Elon Musk, local media reported quoting sources in Seoul.
Hackers air interview with Musk via 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 Korean Yonhap news agency revealed in a report based on statements from officials that criminals had managed to circulate a crypto-themed video. Executive power in Seoul and Google.
In the early morning hours on Saturday, the channel on the video-sharing platform appeared to have been hacked as its name changed to “Spacex Invest.” It also showed a live broadcast dedicated to cryptocurrency that included an interview with U.S. business magnate and Spacex founder and CEO Elon Musk.
A representative of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, which is responsible for operating the Youtube account, said that the staff of the department, having learned about the situation around 6 a.m., immediately took security measures and controls. were able to restore. 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 who said that the unit was looking into 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 targeted first on Thursday, then again the next day, and is still unavailable. A KTO representative told the news agency that Google automatically blocks access to an account if unusual activity is detected.
In another hacking attack recently, an anti-government group called ‘Belarusian Cyber Partisans’ tried to sell Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s passport as an NFT. The hacktivist collective has been raising cryptocurrency to fund its activities in opposition of Minsk’s involvement in the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
