YouTube hacked; a script for defaceing the platform is released

Something strange is happening in . As shown by Google video company has been hit by hackers, as many popular videos have been destroyed, or disappeared suddenly!

At the moment no one knows its source s, but most of the affected videos are from Vevo accounts.YouTube

Some tweets that appeared showed that the attackers had originally deleted Despacito along with many other videos, but since then Despacito has reappeared on the platform.

https://twitter.com/showthread/status/983660012894552065

But even now some videos continue to appear with changed titles “x – by Prosox & Shade Fuck Illuminati”.

Other videos that are said to have been affected include songs by Chris Brown, Shakira, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, according to a TheVerge post. Most of these clips have been edited by their creators to remove "teased" content.

One of the hackers who took part in the attack stated that they used a script to "spoil" the videos:

Meanwhile, another member group threatens to hack NASA's YouTube, as well as the controversial brothers Paul – Logan and Jake.

https://twitter.com/sh_kuroi/status/983665449371136000

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