Hackers target India's Supreme Court's official YouTube channel on Friday XRP, The seventh largest cryptocurrency by market value.
Supreme Court announced Due to this the YouTube channel has been taken down. Indian news outlets reported the event, saying the channel promoted cryptocurrency by “US-based Ripple labs.”
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse shared screenshots from the hack on Twitter (aka X) alongside the announcement that “Ripple will hit $2 this month.”
In another screenshot, the YouTube channel appeared To display “XRP Price Prediction”.
XRP is a digital coin created by the creators of Ripple, a fintech company that seeks to speed up cross-border payments. The cryptocurrency and the company now operate separately.
Late in the evening in India, the Supreme Court said that the YouTube channel is working again, now that the crypto content has been removed. The Supreme Court did not immediately respond. DecryptQuestions.
While it's been a popular tactic for fraudsters for years, hacks that push crypto-cons are becoming more common.
Some of these hackers try to send their digital coins to crypto addresses, falsely promising investors huge returns. Other people typically try to get hackers to buy a significant amount of coins and then dump their tokens – and often destroy the value in the process when they cash out.
Hackers just on Wednesday Targeted Several high-profile Twitter accounts a Solana-based meme token. Computer brand Lenovo India Division, film director Oliver Stone and Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr are some of the brands.
Edited by Andrew Hayward.
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