New Delhi: There has been an alleged hacking attempt on Sansad TV’s account on YouTube. After this, channel broadcasting was affected for some time. The proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are broadcast live on this YouTube channel. After this, there are reports on social media that the account was hacked and its name was changed to “Ethereum” which is a crypto currency.
An official statement has been issued on this issue. In which the possible hacking regarding the channel has been confirmed. There was some activity with the channel at around 1 am on Tuesday, the statement said. However, later the social media team of Sansad TV swung into action and it was restored by the end of the morning. The matter has been reported to the Computer Emergency Team of India.
Sansad Television says “its YouTube channel-Sansad TV was compromised by some scamsters on Feb 15. YouTube is addressing the security threat” pic.twitter.com/UiTtpJuJMQ
— ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2022
According to reports, officials said that the issue has been raised with Google. An official said that something like hacking has happened. He said that a complaint has been made to Google and they are looking into it.
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Screenshots of Sansad TV’s YouTube account are being shared on social media with the caption, “This account has been suspended for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.”
(with agency inputs)