The Supreme Court of India's YouTube channel has been hacked and is showing videos promoting XRP, a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs.
The top court uses the chanel to stream hearings of cases listed before Constitution Benches and matters involving public interest.
Following the hacking of Supreme Court's YouTube channel, the channel has been taken down. “This is to inform all concerned that the YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India has been taken down. The services on YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India will be resumed shortly,” said the court.
The channel recently broadcasted the suo motu case related to the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital. The viewers searching for recordings of the hearings found that all previous videos have been set private and replaced by a live video titled ‘Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple Responds To The SEC’s $2 Billion Fine! XRP PRICE PREDICTION.’
A senior SC official told Indian Express that though he is not sure about what exactly happened, the website “appears to have been compromised”. He added it was detected Friday morning and the Supreme Court’s IT team had taken it up with National Informatics Centre (NIC).
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