YouTube channel of Indian Supreme Court hacked, showing videos promoting crypto
File photo of the Indian Supreme Court.
The YouTube channel of the Indian Supreme Court was hacked on Friday (Sep20). A report by Bar and Bench said that the channel was showing videos promoting XRP, a cryptocurrency developed by US-based companyRipple Labs.
The Supreme Court has been using YouTubeto stream hearings of cases listed before Constitution Benches and matters involving public interest.Videos of earlier hearings have apparently been made private by the hackers, the report said.
What is the hacked channel showing?
A blank video with the title"Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple Responds To The SEC's $2 Billion Fine! XRP PRICE PREDICTION"is live at present on the hacked channel, the report added.
Officials told the publication that they were lookinginto the hacking of the YouTube channel.
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In a unanimous decision taken by the recent full court meeting headed by then CJI Uday Lalit, the top court decided to live-stream proceedings of all constitution bench hearings following a path-breaking verdict on the matter in 2018.
Channel taken down, says top court
In a statement, the apex court said that its YouTube channel had been taken down. The court added that services on the channel would resume shortly.
(With inputs from agencies)