- An official Google YouTube account was taken offline today.
- Evidence suggests that Google India’s primary YouTube channel was hijacked by hackers.
- Screenshots show the account promoting crypto trading prior to going offline.
Security is hard. Even with all the fantastic tools we have access to, designed to help keep our accounts and information private, actually maintaining good security requires ongoing effort, making sure we’re taking full advantage of those resources and constantly updating our methods. Because all it takes is one little slip-up for an attacker to get a foothold. If despite your best efforts you’ve still found yourself a victim, take heart — you’re not alone. And today, you’d find yourself in particularly noteworthy company, as Google itself appears to have been hacked.
YouTube takeovers are a particularly visible attack, where high-profile channels are targeted by bad guys looking to get all those subscriber eyes on their latest fraud — and quite often, that means some sort of crypto scam.