PewDiePie hackers hijack Google Chromecasts, exposing huge security flaw in process

6 years, 2 months ago

PewDiePie hackers hijack Google Chromecasts, exposing huge security flaw in process

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hackers have targeted Google Chromecast devices in an effort to promote popular YouTube star PewDiePie. "Every 20 minutes or so my TV switches to some crappy YouTube video about PewDiePie with s****y rap music and a '#ChromeCastHack' hashtag," one person wrote on Reddit. The incident is the latest in an ongoing battle to be the world's most popular channel on YouTube, currently being fought between PewDiePie and Bollywood record label T-Series. PewDiePie said in a video posted to his channel in October that the takeover would represent a perceived shift in YouTube's priorities in recent years.

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Explained | Why are YouTube creator accounts with large followings targeted by hackers?

1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | Why are YouTube creator accounts with large followings targeted by hackers?

The Hindu

The story so far: On June 5, veteran Indian journalist Barkha Dutt said the email and YouTube channels of her digital news platform The Mojo Story were hacked by cybercriminals. When hackers intend to use stolen YouTube accounts to distribute links to malicious websites or malware, they change the name, profile, and content of these channels often imitating the accounts …

PewDiePie fans vandalise war memorial in bid to promote YouTube channel amid T-Series battle

6 years ago

PewDiePie fans vandalise war memorial in bid to promote YouTube channel amid T-Series battle

The Independent

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PewDiePie enlists Elon Musk to host Meme Review in last ditch effort to beat T-Series

6 years, 1 month ago

PewDiePie enlists Elon Musk to host Meme Review in last ditch effort to beat T-Series

The Independent

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YouTube impersonation scam has tricked 70,000 people, study reveals

6 years, 2 months ago

YouTube impersonation scam has tricked 70,000 people, study reveals

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Cyber security firm RiskIQ mapped the multi-year campaign, revealing how scammers mimicked seven prominent YouTube channels in …

PewDiePie passes 80 million YouTube subscribers amid T-Series battle

6 years, 2 months ago

PewDiePie passes 80 million YouTube subscribers amid T-Series battle

The Independent

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PewDiePie fans deface Wall Street Journal and hack thousands more printers in T-Series battle

6 years, 3 months ago

PewDiePie fans deface Wall Street Journal and hack thousands more printers in T-Series battle

The Independent

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PewDiePie in new controversy after promoting antisemitic YouTube channel

6 years, 3 months ago

PewDiePie in new controversy after promoting antisemitic YouTube channel

The Independent

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Why a Hacker Exploited Printers to Make PewDiePie Propaganda

55 years, 3 months ago

Why a Hacker Exploited Printers to Make PewDiePie Propaganda

Wired

By now, you’ve probably heard of PewDiePie, a Swedish comedian and video game commentator who has been the most followed creator on YouTube for years. A self-described “huge” PewDiePie fan and university student says they exploited tens of thousands of internet-connected printers earlier this week to spit out a message telling people, in part, “PewDiePie is in trouble and he …

PewDiePie begs fans to help him defeat T-Series to remain most-subscribed-to YouTube channel

6 years, 5 months ago

PewDiePie begs fans to help him defeat T-Series to remain most-subscribed-to YouTube channel

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "T-Series is growing four-times faster than PewDiePie and if I don't do anything PewDiePie won't be the …

PewDiePie vs T-Series: Fans hire billboards in desperate bid to keep channel most popular on YouTube

6 years, 5 months ago

PewDiePie vs T-Series: Fans hire billboards in desperate bid to keep channel most popular on YouTube

The Independent

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PewDiePie vs T-Series: The most popular channel on YouTube is about to switch

6 years, 5 months ago

PewDiePie vs T-Series: The most popular channel on YouTube is about to switch

The Independent

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PewDiePie brands media 'insane' over anti-Semitism claims but admits he made a mistake in 'death to all Jews' video

8 years, 1 month ago

PewDiePie brands media 'insane' over anti-Semitism claims but admits he made a mistake in 'death to all Jews' video

The Independent

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PewDiePie dropped from YouTube's advertising platform after publishing 'death to all Jews' videos

8 years, 1 month ago

PewDiePie dropped from YouTube's advertising platform after publishing 'death to all Jews' videos

The Independent

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Behind the cutesy smiles of YouTubers like PewDiePie are the cold dead eyes of Wall Street hedge fund managers

8 years, 3 months ago

Behind the cutesy smiles of YouTubers like PewDiePie are the cold dead eyes of Wall Street hedge fund managers

The Independent

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YouTuber Bayya Sunny Yadav booked for promoting online betting apps in Hyderabad

New Indian Express

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Google Chromecast Gen 2 outage leaves users frustrated: Is this the end?

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India TV News

Google Chromecast Gen 2 outage leaves users frustrated: Is this the end? Google Chromecast second-generation users were reportedly left frustrated recently, as the major outage hit their devices, preventing them from streaming content. Some users even joked that Google was intentionally 'bricking' older Chromecast devices to push customers toward new streaming hardware. As per Mashable India's report, it was stated …

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Google Chromecast outage: Users report issues with Gen 2 device. Could it be the 10-year cycle curse?

Hindustan Times

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1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers

Wired

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Meta, Snapchat and TikTok opposes YouTube exemption from Australia’s ban on social media for children

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Meta, Snapchat and TikTok opposes YouTube exemption from Australia’s ban on social media for children

The Hindu

Tech giants Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok have urged Australia to reconsider a decision to exempt Alphabet's YouTube from its laws banning social media for children younger than 16. But Meta said a young person with a YouTube account experiences the features outlined by the government to justify the ban, including algorithmic content recommendations, social interaction …

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TikTok accuses Australia of favouritism in social media crackdown, targets YouTube’s special treatment

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TikTok accuses Australia of favouritism in social media crackdown, targets YouTube’s special treatment

Live Mint

TikTok has strongly criticised the Australian government for exempting YouTube from a sweeping social media crackdown that will see under-16s banned from most platforms, reported Bloomberg. Meta’s submission stated that the special treatment afforded to YouTube “makes a mockery of the government’s stated intention to protect young people.” However, TikTok’s response has been the most outspoken, reflecting its frustration that …

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20 years of YouTube and the future of the internet

4 weeks, 2 days ago

20 years of YouTube and the future of the internet

Hindustan Times

On March 3, the Supreme Court lifted its fortnight-old moratorium on a YouTuber making content. Around the same time, the government issued an advisory asking social media and OTT platforms to enforce stricter access controls for A-rated content, in line with the IT Rules 2021. When one of YouTube’s three co-founders Jawed Karim stood in front of an elephant enclosure …

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YouTube cracks down on gambling videos trying to lure viewers to unapproved sites

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CNN

New York CNN — YouTube is cracking down on content related to gambling as sports betting and other online prediction markets have taken off in the United States. The update builds on YouTube’s existing policy prohibiting linking to external sites that violate its rules, including unapproved gambling sites. “We’ve strengthened our policies that prohibit content directing viewers to unapproved gambling …

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YouTube tries new ways to stop people falling into negative ‘wormholes’

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YouTube tries new ways to stop people falling into negative ‘wormholes’

The Independent

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Google Chrome users warned against 16 “malicious” extensions

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Google Chrome users warned against 16 “malicious” extensions

The Hindu

Google Chrome users are advised to delete 16 “malicious” browser extensions, according to a report by cloud security firm GitLab Threat Intelligence. The firm decided to investigate publicly available browser extensions after a threat actor ran a software supply chain attack via compromised developer accounts to spread malicious browser extension updates from the Chrome Web Store in December 2024. Malicious …

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Daily Mail

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Outrage over Indian YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia raises social media regulation concerns

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Outrage over Indian YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia raises social media regulation concerns

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — A famous YouTuber in India is facing public outrage and a police investigation after he made an allegedly obscene remark on a YouTube show, raising questions about freedom of speech in a country where digital creators in the past have come under fire for their content. The controversy began last week when social media influencer and YouTuber …

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For many viewers, YouTube is TV now. What that means for Hollywood

1 month, 2 weeks ago

For many viewers, YouTube is TV now. What that means for Hollywood

LA Times

Netflix rightly gets a lot of the attention for winning the streaming wars, but that obscures the dominance of what is the leading online entertainment player for many viewers: YouTube. Streaming hours on YouTube, including the YouTube TV live television service, increased 27% in 2024, making it “by far the largest contributor to overall streaming growth” in the U.S., according …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Salon

The Peabody Awards recognized YouTube in 2008, a little over three years after Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim launched it on Feb. 14, 2005. I remember this because I was on the board that debated whether it was too early to award a website that, as former NBC anchor Brian Williams put it at that year’s Peabody ceremony, …

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Paramount, YouTube TV strike deal, averting CBS outage

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Paramount, YouTube TV strike deal, averting CBS outage

LA Times

The YouTube TV logo appears on the screen of a smartphone. Google’s YouTube and Paramount Global have struck a new distribution contract, averting a threatened blackout of CBS and other television channels for nearly 8 million YouTube TV customers. The two sides then extended a deadline to allow negotiations to continue, keeping nearly two dozen Paramount channels, including CBS Sports, …

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A quiz on YouTube on the occasion of its 20th anniversary on February 14

1 month, 2 weeks ago

A quiz on YouTube on the occasion of its 20th anniversary on February 14

The Hindu

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Paramount and YouTube TV extend deadline for a new carriage deal

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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LA Times

The YouTube TV negotiations include such channels as CBS and the Paramount Network, which runs the popular “Yellowstone” franchise. Paramount Global and Google’s YouTube TV agreed to a short-term contract extension late Thursday, keeping CBS and other networks available as the two media companies worked to negotiate a new distribution agreement. “We’ve reached a short term extension as we work …

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How a computer that 'drunk dials' videos is exposing YouTube's secrets

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How a computer that 'drunk dials' videos is exposing YouTube's secrets

BBC

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Nick Robinson says social media was hacked as his ‘defences were down’

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BBC presenter Nick Robinson suffers ‘cryptocurrency’ social media hack

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Wired

When online romance and sextortion scammers sense they’ve found a victim who may send them money, they’ll use all kinds of villainous methods to get paid. In recent months, cybercriminals have taken their blackmailing efforts up a notch, creating realistic-looking “news” videos that claim their victims are wanted for crimes. Scammers based in West Africa, likely in Nigeria, and going …

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2 months ago

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

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6 months ago

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Daily Mail

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6 months ago

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ABP News

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6 months, 1 week ago

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ABP News

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The hackers deleted all the podcasts and interviews of Ranveer Allahbadia and replaced them with older streams from Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s events Popular YouTuber BeerBicepts aka Ranveer Allahbadia has grabbed the limelight as his channel got hacked and cyber attackers deleted all his videos. While his channel was renamed “@Elon.trump.tesla_live2024,” his personal channel was changed to “@Tesla.event.trump_2024.” The …

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Google TV Streamer review: The nail in the coffin for Chromecast?

6 months, 1 week ago

Google TV Streamer review: The nail in the coffin for Chromecast?

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Google TV Streamer is a low-profile streaming box designed to replace the …

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Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology

6 months, 1 week ago

Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology

The Independent

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Supreme Court's Official YouTube Channel Hacked

6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court's Official YouTube Channel Hacked

Live Law

The official YouTube channel of the Supreme Court, which was used to live-stream the Court proceedings, has been hacked. Today morning, the official link to the channel, after the hack, displayed the name "Ripple" and showed videos relating to cryptocurrency of US-company Ripple Labs.Now, the channel's link has been disabled.The Supreme Court's Registry has taken note of the breach and …

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YouTube tops Neilsen TV ratings

6 months, 2 weeks ago

YouTube tops Neilsen TV ratings

NPR

YouTube tops Neilsen TV ratings New Nielsen TV ratings show a surprising winner for July: YouTube. And it has successfully gotten millions and millions of people to watch YouTube on a TV, and that's everything from cat videos and highlights to vloggers to all these other things. Well, I would say, actually, some of the caveats work in YouTube's favor …

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YouTube rolls out new tools to combat AI Voice Clones and Deepfakes: How will it work?

6 months, 3 weeks ago

YouTube rolls out new tools to combat AI Voice Clones and Deepfakes: How will it work?

India TV News

YouTube is working toward protecting creators from the misuse of AI-generated content on the platform. The popular video streaming platform is reportedly developing new tools to give content creators more control over AI voice clones and deepfakes that replicate their likenesses. The new detection tool will enable the creators to automatically flag and control the AI-generated content which imitates their …

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YouTube limiting repeated recommendations of ideal body standards and social aggression videos to teens

6 months, 3 weeks ago

YouTube limiting repeated recommendations of ideal body standards and social aggression videos to teens

The Hindu

YouTube is rolling out more safeguards for teenagers across Europe and the world, in order to curb their repeated exposure to certain content categories that could affect their mental health if repeatedly shown to them, said the company in a blog post. “These categories include content that compares physical features and idealizes some types over others, idealizes specific fitness levels …

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U.S. calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, Iran

6 months, 4 weeks ago

U.S. calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, Iran

The Hindu

The White House, aiming to persuade U.S. tech giants to offer more digital bandwidth for government-funded internet censorship evasion tools, held a meeting with representatives of Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google, Microsoft, Cloudflare and others on Thursday. The pitch to tech companies was to help offer discounted or heavily subsidised server bandwidth to meet the fast-growing demand for virtual private network applications …

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YouTube tries to stop young people falling into ‘rabbit holes’ and lets parents see what they are watching

6 months, 4 weeks ago

YouTube tries to stop young people falling into ‘rabbit holes’ and lets parents see what they are watching

The Independent

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