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May 26, 2018 09:34 pm
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Two 18-Year-Olds Charged With Hacking YouTube's Most Popular Videos
An anonymous reader quotes Variety:Two 18-year-old French citizens have been arrested in Paris and charged with crimes related to the hack of Vevo's YouTube accounts last month that resulted in pro-Palestine messages being posted on several popular videos, according to prosecutors... Authorities allege the duo gained access to the YouTube account maintained by Vevo, to alter the content of multiple music videos, including Luis Fonsi's "Despacito" -- the most-viewed music video on YouTube in 2017, which recently surpassed 5 billion views. The hackers also targeted videos by Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Chris Brown and Shakira, replacing their thumbnail images, video titles and descriptions. Vevo has since removed all changes the hackers made on its YouTube videos... Paris prosecutors charged Gabriel K.A.B. and with five criminal counts and Nassim B. with six counts, including "fraudulently modifying data contained in an automated data processing system." Last month Fortune published quotes from a Twitter user who claimed responsibility for the attacks. "Its just for fun i just use script 'youtube-change-title-video' and i write 'hacked' don t judge me i love youtube."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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