Elon Musk YouTube Channel Hacked to Promote Fake Cryptocurrency Scam

Just a few days after rapper 50 Cent's website and social accounts were used by hackers to promote a fake cryptocurrency, it looks like something similar is happening to Elon Musk.

Hackers are once again using a famous person’s likeness to promote a fake cryptocurrency website. This time, it's Elon Musk.

A YouTube Live video that was up for 5 hours showed Musk with an AI-generated version of his voice suggesting that users go to a website to deposit Ethereum, Dogecoin, or Bitcoin. Engadget reports that the video promised viewers that if they deposited their cryptocurrency on the site the site would “automatically send back double the amount of the cryptocurrency you deposited.”

At one point, the stream had over 300,000 concurrent viewers, and it was at the top of YouTube’s Live Now recommendations. Both the video and the account have now been removed from YouTube.

Musk is a natural choice for hackers to deepfake to promote the site. Tweets from Musk have been known to have a significant impact on the crypto market, especially with memecoins such as Dogecoin, thanks to his dedicated following.

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