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Big YouTube accounts are being plagued by hackers promoting Bitcoin scams resembling the hack that compromised Twitter

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  As SpaceX and NASA made history last week with their fast ever spaceflight together , millions flocked to YouTube to watch astronauts return to Earth.  Tens of thousands of those viewrs unwittingly clicked on videos that append to be official SpaceX livestreams, posted by seemingly legitimate YouTube channels with hunderds of thousands of subscribes. Instead, they were met with "Bitcoin giveaway" meaaseages urging them to send Bitcoin in order to be paid back double - a common scam tactic. Hackers appear to have compromised several high-profile YouTube channels in the past week, changed then channel names to hot-button topics like SpaceX or Elone Musk, and promoted Bitcoin scams. The trend was pointed out Monday by esports commentator Rod Breslau. The tactics appear similar to those employed by the hackers who compromised Twitter last month, taking over verified accounts , including Kim Kardashin's Bitcoin scams. But while the Twitter breach was the results of hackers g

Carryminati's YouTube account hacked, hacker asks for bitcoin donations. Twitter has memes

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Carryminati's second YouTube account was hacked recently and the hackers asked for bitcoin donations. Twitter responded with memes. ot long ago, Twitter accounts of some of the most prominent people including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Gates were hacked. All these accounts tweeted out a similar bitcoin message asking people to donate through a particular URL. Now, one of the most famous Indian YouTuber Carryminati aka Ajey Nagar is going through the same ordeal. His YouTube channel Carryislive was hacked during the early hours of Saturday. He took to Twitter to ask for assistance from YouTube. Nagar tweeted, “@YouTubeIndia My channel Carryislive has been hacked, need immediate assistance (sic).” Twitter account of YouTube India was also quick to respond and they left a comment that read, “We're really sorry this happened. Mind following us so we can continue with next steps over DM (sic)?” Similar to the Twitter hack, Carryminati’s Yo