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- In short: Channel Seven's YouTube page was hacked to play looping videos of an AI-generated Elon Musk. The footage showed audience members asking questions as a fake version of the Tesla CEO encouraged people to scan a QR code and invest money. What's next? Channel Seven is investigating the issue and working to restore its content.
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Jun 27, 2024 · All of Channel Seven’s YouTube’s pages appear to have been hacked — with all of its videos now made to look like a Tesla channel with a live stream of an AI Elon Musk.
Jun 28, 2024 · The Seven Network is said to be “ investigating ” how its YouTube channel, and those of its news arm and shambolic current affairs show Spotlight, was hacked and turned into a fake Tesla site, complete with “deepfake” Elon Musk spruiking a crypto scam.
- Bernard Keane
Jun 27, 2024 · Australian free-to-air broadcaster Channel Seven has confirmed that several of its YouTube channels appear to have been hacked, with the channel’s official content replaced by Elon Musk-based cryptocurrency scams.
Jun 27, 2024 · Channel 7's YouTube channels have been hacked, replaced with AI Elon Musk urging crypto deposits. The breach occurs amid mass redundancies.
- Carla Mascarenhas
Jun 27, 2024 · Channel 7's YouTube channels have been hacked, replaced with AI Elon Musk urging crypto deposits. The breach occurs amid mass redundancies.
Jun 27, 2024 · Seven West Media’s YouTube accounts have been hijacked, in what appears to be an attempt by online criminals to fleece Australians of their savings using Elon Musk’s likeness to spruik bogus cryptocurrency investments.