Crypto Scammers Hacked Apple CEO Tim Cook at iPhone 16 Live Stream
YouTube has been inundated with live broadcasts of Apple CEO Tim Cook's deep lies.
In one of the scam streams shared on X on September 9, an artificial intelligence cook asked viewers to send Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Tether (USDT) or Dogecoin (DOGE) to a “contribution address”. He would send them double the money.
Once you make your deposit, the system will automatically process it and send you double the amount of cryptocurrency you deposited, AI-Fake Cook insists.
The videos are typical “double-your-money” scams that promise to double any amount of crypto sent to an address, but in reality, the scammers keep the money.
AI is getting really good.
355k people watch fake “apple” account on youtube promoting huge crypto scam lol
Keynote today at 12pm cst @YouTubeCreators pic.twitter.com/O2ufpxdKnF
— BearPig 🧸🐷 (@BearPigCentral) September 9, 2024
The live streams of the scam coincided with Apple's “Glowtime” event on September 9, when it went live on YouTube and unveiled its new iPhone 16 models.
A hoax stream has appeared on a YouTube channel that purports to be “Apple US”, complete with a legitimate verification symbol.
Videos and screenshots shared for X show some fake streams that have garnered hundreds of thousands of views, but many of these may be bots trying to give the stream legitimacy.
🚨 break 🚨
Has Apple America's YouTube Channel Been Hacked? Tim Cook has a fake Ai video on it asking for bitcoins. 😱 #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/b2DOyhxBLL
— Abhishek Bhatnagar (@abhishek) September 9, 2024
YouTube's support team acknowledged the scam in a September 9 X post, urging users to report the video in the official reporting tool.
Fake videos are no longer available, and the associated accounts are now closed.
Source: TeamYouTube
YouTube did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the live broadcast.
A deep fake cheater is getting bolder.
An increasing number of high-profile individuals and events are being targeted by fraudsters who use advanced spoofing technology to trick users.
In June, major Australian broadcaster Seven had its YouTube channel hacked by crypto hackers who posted deeply fake videos of Elon Musk talking about crypto.
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That same month, around the same time as the recent launch of SpaceX's Starship rocket, YouTube was flooded with deeply fake versions of Musk, asking users to deposit crypto into a fraudulent double-your-money scheme.
Concerns over AI-generated content have grown exponentially over the past few years.
In the 2024 edition of the “Global Risks Report”, the World Economic Forum highlighted all the possible negative consequences of AI technologies.
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