Supreme Court of India’s YouTube Channel Promotes XRP Scam ❗️🔈❗️
The official YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India was hacked on Friday. The channel, typically used to livestream Constitution Bench cases and address issues of public interest, was showing videos promoting a scam related to the cryptocurrency XRP. Following the breach, the channel was temporarily shut down in an attempt to resolve the issue.
The Supreme Court acknowledged the hack in a statement posted on its official website, stating:
“Services on the Supreme Court of India’s YouTube channel will be partially restored.” Later that day, the Court confirmed that its channel had been restored, stating: “The Supreme Court of India’s YouTube channel is live and open. Services on the Supreme Court’s YouTube channel have been restored.
The breach was reported in a statement titled “Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple Responds to SEC’s $2 Billion Fine! This became apparent when he went live on a video channel titled “XRP Price Prediction”. The video attempted to convince viewers that by sending Ripple XRP, they would receive twice the amount in return. Following the incident, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse made the following comment on social media platform X:
Ripple and its executives will NEVER ask you to send us XRP. It is pathetic to watch scammers prey on and exploit innocent crypto users, and it is all too easy for social media platforms to allow it. Stop, notice, run – protect yourself.