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The Supreme Court's YouTube Channel where all the cases listed are heard by the Constitutional Bench got hacked on Friday. The account now showing videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs.
A blank video with the title "Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple Responds To The SEC's $2 Billion Fine! XRP PRICE PREDICTION" is currently live on the hacked channel.
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According to a report, "over the past several months, scammers have created official-sounding accounts for Ripple and its CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Some of the accounts were apparently stolen from successful YouTubers who had their accounts hacked, giving the scammers hundreds of thousands of subscribers. From there, they could post videos offering big XRP rewards in exchange for smaller initial payments, bilking viewers who thought they were watching Ripple’s channel."
Lately the hacking of popular video channels by scammers is rampant and Ripple had itself sued YouTube for failing to stop hackers from impersonating its CEO Brad Garlinghouse.
Official sources said that the administration of the Supreme Court is currently looking into the hacking of the YouTube channel and will take necessary actions against it.
In 2018, unanimous decision taken by the recent full court meeting headed by then CJI UU Lalit, the top court decided to live-stream proceedings of all constitution bench hearings following a path-breaking verdict on the matter.