Fraudsters launched a fake broadcast on cryptocurrency on the Apple YouTube channel – Bits Media

Cryptocurrency scammers tried to use the Apple Live channel on YouTube, Launching a fake live broadcast on behalf of the company, designed to involve spectators in a scam with crypto actors.

According to the media, Tens of thousands of YouTube users watched fake video, in which scammers used social engineering methods to draw attention to cryptocurrency scheme. So, Allegedly on the air of the Apple channel, the audience showed the old interview of the General Director of the company Tim Kuk (Tim Cook), conducted by CNN in 2018 year.

Since the "live broadcast" took place only a few hours after the announcement of the iPhone 14, Fraudsters managed to bring the video to the first positions in the search using a set of keywords, associated with Apple. To some viewers, who were actively interested in the subject of Apple, She was recommended for viewing on the home page.

For those, Who has already encountered cryptocurrency fraud on YouTube, There were enough signs of that, that something suspicious is happening. Therefore, fake broadcast, most likely, was an attempt to deceive an inexperienced user, which I heard, that Apple had a certain important event, But does not know, What exactly happened.

So, The broadcast had a strange name - "Apple Event Live. Apple General Director Tim Cook: Apple and metavselnaya in 2022 year ". In the processed video, the CNN ticker was closed by the text "Apple Crypto Event 2022", added logos of bitcoin and ether, as well as the fat text "Urgent news". When crossing the link allegedly to the Apple Live page, URL has nothing to do with Apple.

YouTube did not react to incoming requests from journalists, But shortly after the event, the broadcast was removed for violation of service conditions.

Recall, that earlier the official channel of the South Korean government on YouTube was hacked and renamed SpaceX Invest, And more than half a million subscribers became spectators of broadcasting with the participation of Tesla General Director Ilon Mask (Elon Musk), telling about the benefit of investments in cryptocurrencies.