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Indian Supreme Court recovers YouTube account from XRP scammers

XRP scammers hacked the Supreme Court of India’s YouTube account, and although it was recovered, it lost its subscriber base.

The Supreme Court of India regained control of its official YouTube account shortly after it was hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers selling fake XRP investments.

On Sept. 20, the Supreme Court of India’s YouTube account was used to broadcast a livestream video about fake XRP (XRP) investments featuring Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse.

The hackers rebranded the channel to resemble Ripple and deleted all previously uploaded content, as shown in the screenshot below.

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