{"id":94121,"date":"2024-09-21T12:45:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=94121"},"modified":"2024-09-21T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:47:26","slug":"indian-supreme-court-regains-youtube-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/indian-supreme-court-regains-youtube-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Supreme Court Regains YouTube Account from XRP Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

XRP scammers hacked the Supreme Court of India's YouTube <\/a>account, although, while it recovered, it lost its subscriber base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Supreme Court of India quickly regained control of its official YouTube account after it was hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers promoting fake XRP investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 20, hackers took over the Supreme Court's YouTube account and used it to broadcast a livestream video promoting fraudulent XRP investments, featuring a fake appearance by Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hackers rebranded the channel to resemble Ripple and deleted all the previously uploaded content, as seen in a screenshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hacked YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India. Source: YouTube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

YouTube removed the compromised channel the same day it was hacked, and the Supreme Court of India issued a public notice, stating, \u201cThis is to inform all concerned that the YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India has been taken down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supreme Court of India issued a notice about the YouTube account\u2019s temporary closure. Source: Supreme Court of India<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Hacked YouTube Account Has Not Been Fully Restored<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Later that day, the Supreme Court announced that it had successfully recovered its YouTube account from the XRP scammers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supreme Court of India confirmed the successful recovery of its YouTube account. Source: Supreme Court of India<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, an investigation by Cointelegraph revealed that YouTube was unable to restore the channel's original 217,000 subscribers and previous video content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The channel was renamed “Vansh” and had only 15 subscribers post-recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hacked YouTube account of the Supreme Court of India has not been fully restored. Source: YouTube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Google Search\u2019s cached data confirmed the recovered account belonged to the Supreme Court of India, despite the discrepancies after restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google Search cached search results for the Supreme Court of India. Source: Google<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Around the same time, during Apple\u2019s iPhone 16 launch<\/a> in September, YouTube was inundated with livestreams showing deepfakes of Apple CEO Tim Cook promoting crypto scams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AI is getting WAY too good

355k people watching a fake \u201capple\u201d account on @youtube\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> that\u2019s promoting a massive crypto scam lol

The reason there are so many viewers is because the keynote today at 12pm cst@YouTubeCreators<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> pic.twitter.com\/O2ufpxdKnF<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>— BearPig \ud83e\uddf8\ud83d\udc37 (@BearPigCentral) September 9, 2024<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote>

YouTube's support team acknowledged the issue<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on September 9, urging users to report such videos through its official reporting tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fraudulent videos were taken down, and the related accounts have been closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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