Largest News Channel Hacked by Crypto Hackers ! Ethereum 2.0
Date:17/10/2022
Article No: 34
Topic:- News Channel Hacked by Crypto HackersAt present, Hackers are coming into the discussion by hacking various websites, banks and various important institutions. Hackers' speed is increasing day by day in the world. Crypto hackers have recently demonstrated their prowess by hacking many cryptocurrencies. Yesterday, Bangladesh's largest news media, 'Somoy TV, was hacked by crypto hackers.
One of the world's largest YouTube channels in Bangladesh is called SOMOY TV. They also have several YouTube channels which can be viewed on their YouTube channel. All the channels were hacked by hackers since yesterday afternoon. Now the question is who hacked the Youtube channels of 'SOMOY TV' But now the real owners of Time TV have regained control. In this case, it is said that these channels were recovered by talking to the YouTube community team and communicating well with them. Efforts were immediately made to bring back the SOMOY TV channels. In addition, the YouTube community has also said that the hackers have been completely eliminated. Moreover, they are doing a lot of investigation on who these hackers are. And this is the reason why the name of their YouTube channel still remains the same.
It is known that those hackers immediately deleted several videos from SOMOY TV's YouTube channels. Now if you recharge and research very well why those videos are deleted now then you will know who are the hackers. As far as possible, it is believed that someone in Bangladesh is connected with the hackers. But these hackers have hacked from other countries of the world. Being one of the country's top satellite channel SOMOY TV, they have the all-out power. That is why they must try to catch those hackers as far as they can. An official of the department also said that there is a possibility of this disease in small creatures. Salahuddin Sirin also said that they had to work hard to bring back YouTube channels of SOMOY TV. So of course the new YouTubers or creators should basically bring their channels under two step verification. If there is two step verification then hackers will not be able to enter even if they try hard. But still no other kind of reverse work can be done with that Gmail. Do not use Gmail by visiting any site where your account may be hacked. However, he confirmed that the identity of those hackers will be known very soon.
Private television channel SOMOY TV's YouTube channel has been hacked. Hackers took control of the channel, changed its name to 'Ethereum 2.0' and removed all content from the home page. Hackers have replaced the logo of the TV channel with the logo of cryptocurrency Ethereum on the video content pages.
Along with the YouTube channel, the main website of the TV channel, SomoyNews.TV, has also been attacked, the channel said. The official YouTube channel of SOMOY TV, one of the country's top media outlets, has been hacked. If this is the state of cyber security in the country, what will happen to the common man?”
At 12:30 yesterday, the YouTube channel of SOMOY TV suddenly fell under the hands of hackers. Within 10 minutes of the time team noticing, the hackers were released and regained control of the time.”
"SOMOY TV's YouTube channel is safe but the name given by the hackers as 'Ethereum 2.0' remains as the YouTube support team has instructed the channel not to make any changes pending a detailed investigation."
Ethereum 2.0
Launched in 2015, Ethereum is the world's leading programmable blockchain. Like other blockchains, Ethereum also has a native cryptocurrency called Ether (ETH). ETH is digital money. If you have heard of Bitcoin, Ethereum has many similar features. It is completely digital and can be sent instantly to anyone anywhere in the world.
Happened in 2014 Vitalik Buterin Ethereum (ETH) was created. Everyone must have heard about Ethereum 2.0 and Ethereum Merge recently. There is no doubt that this is a huge change in the entire cryptospace. It can be said that there has been no upgradation on such a large scale so far. However, most of the cryptocurrency traders or users do not know much about the details. Today we will know in point form what Ethereum Merge or Ethereum 2.0 actually is. What will the road map of Ethereum look like after the upgrade? Will there be any changes to the Ethereum blockchain after the Ethereum 2.0 update !
Ethereum founder Vitalik Butrin said Ethereum moved to proof-of-stake by changing the running mechanism of Ethereum to make the blockchain more scalable.
You Can read My Article About Ethereum 2.0
Hackers have written 'Ethereum 2.0' in the channel name.
After the hack, if you search YouTube by typing SOMOY TV, the channel comes up and it says 'Ethiram 2.0'. SOMOY TV's IT experts believe that hackers wrote it.
The hacker posted a video on his YouTube channel after noon on Sunday (October 16) demanding payment from Time TV authorities in cryptocurrency.
That is, it can be confirmed that it is a ransomware. Hacker demands 3 thousand 350 $ for each cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency is illegal in Bangladesh. Currently news channels are doing news against cryptocurrency. So according to me this can also be a reason to hack the channel.
Hacked at around 12 noon It is believed that from the time the hacker's video was published on SOMOY TV's YouTube channel, the channels were taken over by hackers after approximately 12 noon Bangladesh time. and named Ethereum 2.0 at night with the Ethereum logo and a video thumbnail showing the image of Vitalik Buterin. After capture, some videos are 'deleted' or 'private' from the hacker channel.
Salahuddin Salim, Head of Broadcast Operations, Engineering and IT Department of SOMOY TV said that work is underway to rescue the channels after confirming the hacking. Although they claim that the channel has now been completely taken over by hackers, the channel name and logo are still the same. Hackers replaced the logo of the TV channel with the logo of cryptocurrency Ethereum on the video content pages.
Along with the YouTube channel, the main website of Samt TV is also said to have been subjected to cyber attack.
"At the same time, the TV news portal 'somoynews.tv' was also attacked by hackers and it was immediately taken out of control by the hackers."
At the beginning of August, in its own report, the TV channel claimed to be "the top YouTube channel operated by TV media in the country".
At that time, the channel claimed by quoting a survey that 'views, subscribers and content uploads are at the top of all aspects'.
Viewers reacted to the cyber attack in the latest video report uploaded to the YouTube channel. Now the concern is that the official YouTube channel of SOMOY TV, one of the country's top media outlets, has been hacked. If this is the state of cyber security in the country, what will happen to the common man??”
'Somoy TV's YouTube channel has 1 crore 72 lakh subscribers.
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For some time Somoy TV started to overdo it a bit. I think it's very good. A crypto seems to have a warning message. Learn to respect Cryoto.