Crypto scammers hijack major Australian news broadcaster’s YouTube; Cyber L2 Discord server has been compromised

The YouTube news channel of Australia's major broadcaster, the Seven Network, was hijacked by crypto scammers – showing videos of a deep fake Elon Musk talking about crypto.

7News’ YouTube channel was rebranded to appear as automaker Tesla, showing an artificial intelligence-generated fake of the firm’s CEO saying he’s giving away crypto.

The AI-faked Musk touts a common “double-your-money” scam, promising to send back double the amount of any crypto sent to an address.

At the time of writing, about 150,000 were viewing three livestreams showing the fake Musk on the 7News channel. It’s unknown how many viewers are bots in a bid to boost viewership.

Cyber L2 Discord server has been compromised.
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