Seoul, Sep 3 (IANS) The South Korean authorities’s YouTube channel was hacked on Saturday, apparently to broadcast a cryptocurrency-related video together with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, however has been restored, based on sources.
At 3.30 a.m., the federal government’s official channel on the video-sharing platform appeared to have been hacked as its title modified to “SpaceX Make investments” and confirmed a dwell broadcast on cryptocurrency that included an interview with American billionaire and SpaceX founder Musk.
An official on the tradition and tourism ministry, which manages the YouTube account, mentioned that they had grow to be conscious of the scenario at 6 a.m., took safety measures and restored the account at 7:20 a.m.
The official mentioned the account’s ID and password had been suspected to have been stolen.
Google, YouTube’s guardian firm, confirmed that the channel had been hacked, experiences Yonhap information company.
An official at Google Korea mentioned that it was presently trying into the reason for the incident.
The assault follows a hack of a YouTube channel operated by the Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO), beneath the tourism ministry, earlier this week.
In line with KTO, the channel, which has round 509,000 subscribers, was initially focused on Thursday and once more the following day. The channel is presently unavailable.
A KTO official mentioned that Google mechanically blocks entry to the account if it spots irregular connections.
(Apart from the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)
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