The Supreme Court of India recently faced a significant security breach when its official YouTube account was hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers promoting fraudulent XRP investments. On September 20, hackers took over the channel, broadcasting a livestream featuring fake investment offers with Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse.

The scammers completely overhauled the YouTube account, rebranding it to resemble Ripple’s official channel and deleting all previously uploaded content. However, YouTube swiftly responded by shutting down the compromised account the same day.

In an official statement, the Supreme Court of India notified the public about the incident, confirming that its YouTube channel had been taken offline. Later that day, they managed to regain control of the account.

Despite the recovery, not everything was restored. The original channel, which had over 217,000 subscribers, was renamed "Vansh" and retained only 15 followers. Additionally, all previous video content remains lost.

This incident is part of a wider trend of cryptocurrency scams targeting popular platforms. Earlier in September, Apple's iPhone 16 launch was plagued by deepfake videos of Apple CEO Tim Cook promoting similar crypto schemes.

YouTube acknowledged these scams, urging users to report suspicious content, and has since taken action by removing the fraudulent videos and closing the affected accounts.

This breach highlights ongoing cybersecurity risks on digital platforms and the increasing sophistication of cryptocurrency scammers.