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Deepfake videos of Musk promoting scam tokens, fake airdrops, and false crypto schemes are reportedly spreading throughout web applications. Cybercriminals managed to hack the YouTube channel of The Seven Network (popularly known as Channel Seven) on Thursday

A prominent esports tournament series platform, Valorant Champions Tour’s official YouTube channel succumbed to a hack. After gaining access to the channel, the

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Elon Musk Bitcoin scam resurfaces on hacked Esport YouTube

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Over 35 YouTube channels streamed content where an AI-generated voice resembling Musk promised to double the cryptocurrency deposits of viewers participating in

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How the scam works

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How the scam works. Our researchers have spotted dozens of hijacked YouTube channels that, since July 16, have been serving deep fake live streams of Elon

The account, @elon.teslastream, had an Official Artist Channel verification badge, suggesting this was an account hack. Google removed the video and the channel after