Newstapa YouTube account hacked, channel altered and videos made private
On the night of 16 August 2024, an unauthorised login occurred on Newstapa's YouTube account. The name and logo of the channel, which has 1.33 million subscribers, were changed to Tesla, and videos posted over 12 years were made private. Newstapa changed its password and restored the channel and videos.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Newstapa
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2024-08-16
- Scale of damage
- Channel with 1.33 million subscribers altered and videos posted over 12 years made private
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised login to YouTube account
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- An unauthorised login to Newstapa's YouTube account at night led to the channel name and logo being changed and videos being made private.
- Newstapa's password change and restoration of the channel and videos came to light.
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