Comment on Why do hacked channels on youtube always post Tesla/SpaceX stuff?
Dasnap@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t have a proper answer but I know exactly what you’re talking about. I’ve seen it happen with channels like GameXplain, A+ Start, and LTT as you said.
It seems like it comes from long-term social engineering where the hackers pretend to be a potential sponsor and eventually send a .zip with a dodgy screen saver file that rips the session cookies from the PC’s browser.
Why they choose Musk? I assume people who like him are more likely to fall for scams. I’ve never watched too much of the stream, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a crypto scam in there.