After Barkha Dutt, hackers target Tanmay Bhat's YT channel; All videos deleted
Channel's name changed to Tesla Corp
Mumbai: Hours after Journalist Barkha Dutt’s YouTube channel 'The Mojo Story' was hacked, YouTuber and Comedian Tanmay Bhat was also targeted by hackers whose channel was also hacked by them, before deleting all the content posted on the channel and renaming it to 'Tesla Corp.'
Bhat who himself claims to be the Indian “Pew-de-pie” had over 44 lakh subscribers and posted multi genre videos ranging from vlog to meme reactions.
Bhat confirmed the cyber-attack through a tweet saying that both his YouTube and Gmail accounts have been hacked. The hackers had breached the two-factor authentication, he said.
In addition, Bhat who sought help from Google and YouTube wrote in a tweet, "Hi guys - my YouTube/Gmail account has been hacked. 2FA bypassed. I need urgent help. Please DM!"
Unfolding additional details, Bhat said that the hackers had started a livestream video on his channel, which was now set as a private video. Bhat urged YouTube to promptly take actions against the hackers.
In another tweet he wrote "@TeamYouTube, my channel is hacked, and a live stream has begun. Please help!”
According to reports, several popular YouTubers, such as stand-up comedian Aishwarya Mohanraj and YouTuber Abdu Rozik, have reportedly experienced similar cyber-attacks. It is worth noting that, in all of the compromised accounts, the hackers have altered the names of the YouTube channels to "Tesla" and changed the display pictures with Tesla's logo. Additionally, they have replaced the cover photos of the YouTube channels with images showcasing Tesla cars.
In addition to changing the profile name and picture, the hackers were also conducting live streams through these compromised YouTube accounts, titled: "Tesla Unveils the All-New Model S Plaid 2024 Today! Live Coverage with Elon Musk!" As of now, none of these YouTube accounts have been successfully recovered. While some of the accounts had their videos completely erased, Bhat's channel still shows 473 videos; however, all of them are placed as private, reported IndiaToday.
Journalist Barkha Dutt's "The Mojo Story" YouTube channel hacked, hackers delete all videos
Earlier in the day, hackers also targeted notable journalist Barkha Dutt’s YouTube channel “The Mojo Story.” Similarly, all videos from the channel were erased.
Taking to twitter the journalist wrote, "After hours of urging @TeamYouTube to act and being assured action is being taken, I woke up to find the @themojostory channel content ALL DELETED by the hackers - four years of blood, toil, sweat, tears, 11 thousand videos, COVID work of 3 years, ALL GONE. I am heartbroken."
However, “The Mojo Story’s” account was restored, and all the videos were available.
@TeamYouTube https://t.co/8Oq8n0NnPi - my channel is hacked and a a live stream has begun. Please help!
— Tanmay Bhat (@thetanmay) June 4, 2023
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Social media campaigns, flexboards won't decide who will be Kerala CM: Chennithala
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, a CM hopeful, on Wednesday said that social media campaigns and putting up of flexboards wiill not be the deciding factors for selecting the chief minister of Kerala.
Chennithala made the remark in response to reporters queries in Delhi on the intense social media campaign in favour of V D Satheesan as CM on the ground that he led the UDF poll campaign from the front.
"Who should be CM is not decided based on social media campaigns or the flexboards put up by the supporters. It is decided by the high command in accordance with the procedure already in place.
"As part of that two party observers will reach Kerala by evening and they will speak to all the MLAs. After that, the party high command will take a decision," the senior Congress leader said.
He said that the high command will take the decision based on party interests and everyone will accept it.
Chennithala also rejected queries about whether the alleged contest within the party for the CM post will create any displeasure among the voters.
"There will be no displeasure among voters as there is no contest," he contended.
On whether there was a delay in announcing the CM for Kerala, Chennithala said that the chief minister has not been selected in the other state where polls were held.
"So, can it be said that there is a delay in the case of Kerala?" he asked.
He said that he was in Delhi for a meeting with Rahul Gandhi regarding finalisation of the DCC presidents in Maharashtra.
