According to Cointelegraph, on September 20, the official YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India was hacked and changed to a Ripple-themed account to conduct a cryptocurrency scam. The channel has more than 217,000 followers.

The hacker played a fake live video of Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse to lure victims into investing in a scam, promising unrealistic returns. The hacker also changed the channel name, URL, and deleted all the original videos.

YouTube later deleted the hacked channel, saying it violated community guidelines. Fake XRP live events are usually accompanied by phishing links that connect users to their crypto wallets after they click on them, giving hackers full access and the ability to withdraw funds.

In April, YouTube helped neutralize a similar XRP scam involving the account of the popular gaming channel DidYouKnowGaming. The hackers used a similar method of renaming and deleting old videos.

In July, the YouTube account of Ben&Ben, a nine-member pop band with more than 3 million followers, was also used by hackers to live broadcast fake XRP ads. The band said through its official Facebook page that the account was hacked and the team was working to restore the page. After YouTube intervened, the band partially restored the account.