TVING and tvN Drama YouTube accounts hacked, then restored
The YouTube accounts of TVING and tvN Drama were hacked and turned into cryptocurrency-related channels. The TVING channel's name was temporarily changed before being restored. Both channels carried out recovery work, and their full restoration was reported on 21 July.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- TVING
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Compromise of TVING and tvN Drama YouTube accounts and changes to the channels
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- The hacking of the TVING and tvN Drama YouTube accounts was reported, and recovery work got under way.
- The TVING YouTube channel name, temporarily changed by the hack, was restored.
- The full restoration of the TVING and tvN YouTube channels, which had been turned into cryptocurrency-related channels, was reported.
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