The official YouTube channel of esports organization Team SoloMid (TSM) was terminated today, August 4. The iconic team lost its YouTube channel to hackers who repurposed the channel in order to run a Bitcoin and cryptocurrency scam.
The account was hacked on August 3 and began running a stream promoting the cryptocurrency scam in a short while. Today, the organization’s main channel, as well as all of its videos, has now been terminated by YouTube. It is unlikely that either can be recovered by the esports team.
Yesterday, TSM’s YouTube channel was hacked and streamed on by a Bitcoin and crypto scammer. Their channel today has been terminated because of it.
Yesterday, TSM’s YouTube channel was hacked and streamed on by a Bitcoin and crypto scammer. Their channel today has been terminated because of it. https://t.co/nSP62dGRIg
TSM YouTube channel getting hacked different from other similar incidents
This seems to be the latest in a string of similar hacks, where YouTube and Twitch channels with large subscriber counts fall prey to hackers looking to reach a wider audience for their crypto scams. Other notable accounts to be hacked in recent months were the Twitch and YouTube channels of streamers Fedmyster and Reckful.
What makes this hack different from other notable hacks is that the TSM YouTube channel was quite active before being compromised. Fedmyster was off of social media following sexual harassment allegations before his account was taken, and Reckful…
