S.Korean govt’s YouTube channel hacked to stream Elon Musk video

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, in accordance to 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 Invest” and confirmed a reside 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 turn into conscious of the state of affairs 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, reviews Yonhap information company.

An official at Google Korea mentioned that it was at present trying into the reason for the incident.

The assault follows a hack of a YouTube channel operated by the Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO), underneath the tourism ministry, earlier this week.

According to KTO, the channel, which has round 509,000 subscribers, was initially focused on Thursday and once more the subsequent day. The channel is at present unavailable.

A KTO official mentioned that Google robotically blocks entry to the account if it spots irregular connections.

(Except for the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)

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