Ranveer Allahbadia's YouTube channels hacked in cryptocurrency scam: Here's what happened?
Ranveer Allahbadia experienced a significant hacking incident affecting both his YouTube channels. The attackers took control of his Beer Biceps channel, renaming it to «Tesla» and changing its handle to "@Elon.trump.tesla_live2024." Additionally, his personal channel was renamed to "@Tesla.event.trump_2024."
In a shocking turn of events, hackers deleted all existing interviews and podcasts from both channels. They replaced the content with older streams from events featuring high-profile figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump. This cyber attack follows a recent hacking incident involving the Supreme Court of India's YouTube channel, raising concerns over the security of high-profile accounts.
The hackers employed a livestream featuring an AI-generated avatar of Elon Musk to lure unsuspecting viewers into a cryptocurrency scam. The AI avatar urged viewers to invest in cryptocurrency, falsely promising to double their returns if they deposited Bitcoin or Ethereum on a suspicious website, elonweb.net. This tactic is known as a «Bitcoin doubling» scam and is a common method used in cyberattacks targeting prominent YouTube accounts.
Following the incident, YouTube removed both of Allahbadia's channels from its platform. Users now encounter a message stating, «This page isn't available. Sorry about that. Try searching for something else.»
As of now, Ranveer Allahbadia has not released an official statement regarding this incident. His latest post on X (formerly Twitter) was a short video focused on communal harmony,
