Fans and followers were surprised when the YouTube channels of three local artists suddenly showed videos related to cryptocurrency. Folk-pop band Ben&Ben on Monday announced that their account on the video-sharing platform was compromised after a video featuring Ripple and “XRP price prediction.” Ripple is a company that provides cross-border payment solutions to banks and financial institutions.
It is also considered one of the largest cryptocurrency platforms by market capitalization. XRP is its cryptocurrency token, which is said to be one of the leading payment cryptocurrencies and among the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Cryptocurrency is decentralized digital money based on blockchain technology and secured by cryptography.
Unlike the US Dollar or the Euro, it is not managed and maintained by a central authority. Meanwhile, Ben&Ben said that while their team has “restored and recovered a significant part” of their YouTube channel from the hackers, they are still “waiting on the response” of their partners in addressing the matter. The band’s YouTube home page is still showing a live video about cryptocurrency as uploaded by the hackers.
Ben&Ben’s username was also changed to @ripple.official-Iive. “Nonetheless, we are doing our best to resolve this immediately.
Thank you for your patience and support, Liwanag,” the band said on a Facebook Story on July 15. P-pop group SB19 also had their YouTube channel hacked but were able to re.