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The official Youtube channel of the South Korean government has been hacked on Saturday and those who did it, broadcasted a cryptocurrency-related clip. The video also featured billionaire and crypto enthusiast Elon Musk, local media reported quoting sources in Seoul.<\/strong><\/p>\n The official Youtube channel of the South Korean government has become target of a hacking attack on September 3, 2022. The perpetrators have managed to broadcast a crypto-themed video, the Korean Yonhap news agency revealed in a report based on statements by officials from the executive power in Seoul and Google.<\/p>\n In the early morning hours on Saturday, the channel on the video-sharing platform appeared to have been hacked as its name changed to \u201cSpacex Invest.\u201d It also showed a live broadcast dedicated to cryptocurrency that included an interview with U.S. business magnate and Spacex<\/a> founder and CEO Elon Musk.<\/p>\n A representative of the Republic of Korea\u2019s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which is responsible for administering the Youtube account, said that the department\u2019s employees became aware of the situation around 6 a.m. They immediately took security measures and were able to restore control over the channel at 7:20 a.m.<\/p>\n The main suspicion is that the account\u2019s ID and password have been stolen. Google, Youtube\u2019s parent company, confirmed that the channel had been hacked, Yonhap added, while also quoting an official at Google Korea who said that the unit was looking into the hacking incident.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, a Youtube account run by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) was also hacked. The channel, with over half a million subscribers, was first targeted on Thursday, then again the next day, and is still unavailable. A KTO representative told the news agency that that Google automatically blocks access to an account in case it detects abnormal activities.<\/p>\n In another hacking attack recently, an anti-government group called \u2018Belarusian Cyber Partisans\u2019 tried<\/a> to sell Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko\u2019s passport as an NFT<\/a>. The hacktivist collective has been raising cryptocurrency to fund its activities in opposition of Minsk\u2019s involvement in the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine.<\/p>\nHackers Air Interview With Musk via Korean Government\u2019s Youtube Account<\/h2>\n