Australia's 7News YouTube channel hacked to air Musk impersonation scam
Australian broadcaster 7News's YouTube channel was hacked and used to stream a cryptocurrency scam video impersonating Elon Musk. The scam used an AI-generated deepfake of Musk.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- 7News
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Cryptocurrency scam video streamed on the YouTube channel
- Cause / method
- YouTube channel hacked and impersonation using an AI deepfake
- Location
- Australia
Timeline
- The hack of the 7News YouTube channel and a cryptocurrency scam stream using a Musk deepfake came to light.
- Follow-up reports emerged on the Musk impersonation scam stream on the 7News YouTube channel.
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