Supreme Court YouTube Channel Hacked, Currently Shows Videos Promoting Cryptocurrency

New Delhi: The YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India, which is a platform used for the live streaming of court proceedings, has been hacked and currently, videos promoting a particular cryptocurrency are being shown on the channel.

Supreme Court YouTube Channel Hacked

The Supreme Court's YouTube channel was hacked on Friday and showing videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs. The apex court has been using YouTube to stream live hearings of cases listed before constitution benches and matters involving public interest. In a unanimous decision taken by the recent full court meeting headed by then CJI UU Lalit, the top court decided to live-stream proceedings of all constitution bench hearings following a path-breaking verdict on the matter in 2018.

YouTube Channel Showing Videos Promoting XRP, A Cryptocurrency

Amid reports of the Supreme Court YouTube channel being hacked, the channel is currently showing the videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs - XRP. 

According to a report by The Verge, “Over the past several months, scammers have created official-sounding accounts for ripple and its ceo brad garlinghouse. Some of the accounts were apparently stolen from successful youtubers who had their accounts hacked, giving the scammers hundreds of thousands of subscribers. From there, they could post videos offering big xrp rewards in exchange for smaller initial payments, bilking viewers who thought they were watching ripple’s channel.”