The official YouTube channel of the South Korean government was hacked. Hackers who changed the name of the channel published an interview about cryptocurrencies belonging to Elon Musk.
Something remarkable happened in South Korea. An actively used facility owned by the South Korean government. Youtube channel, fell into the hands of hackers for a few hours. The hackers, who changed the name of the channel to “SpaceX Invest”, created an image belonging to Elon Musk. cryptocurrency interview they published. It was not understood why hackers did such a thing.
According to a report in Yonhap, one of South Korea’s well-established news sources, the attack took place. on Saturday, September 3 It was held at around 03:30 local time. Hackers, who seized the login information of the account, first changed the name of the channel and then Elon Musk’s. Qatar Economic Forum As part of their events, they published the interview he gave to Bloomberg employee John Micklethwait.
What was Elon Musk saying in that interview?
*Image from Elon Musk’s interview at the Qatar Economic Forum.
Elon Musk’s statements in June 2022 were on the agenda like a bomb at that time. Cryptocurrency investments of Tesla and SpaceX companies that you have describing Elon Musk, Dogecoin (which he has not been talking about for years)DOGE) continued to praise.
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The stolen channel was again in the hands of the government after 4 hours
According to Yonhap’s report, the South Korean government said that his YouTube channel was stolen. exactly 3 hours later learned. Acting on this, the authorities regained control of the account at around 07:20. Hackers’ goals and identities are could not be determined.
The incident is not the first!
According to JoongAng Ilbo, also a South Korean news source, this attack is not the first. According to a news service, other YouTube channels established by the South Korean government were also hacked. So much so that there were three accounts hacked in the last two weeks. In the statements made by Google, the attacks in question were confirmed. The company, what happened will investigate enough to say. The South Korean government, on the other hand, remains silent about the attacks.
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