Sharan Hegde, an entrepreneur and founder of The 1% Club who a YouTube A channel called Financewithsharan has claimed that his YouTube account was hacked from his personal Instagram account.
In his Instagram post, he mentioned that his account was compromised and hackers began live streaming bitcoin prices on his YouTube channel. In a live stream on his YouTube channel, Hegde claimed that the price of Bitcoin had reached $100,000, which translates to approximately Rs 69,448,00.
Hegde said that as part of the negotiations, all content was washed from the YouTube channel, but it was later returned.
His post reads, “The hacker took over the account and started a live stream of Bitcoin prices reaching $100k – without my consent of course. Within minutes, I received 100 DMs from you guys informing me of the fact. Thank you very much for alerting me but Unfortunately the channel closed and I didn’t know what to do with my 3 years of hard work disappearing before my eyes.
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Create a strong password: This is the most basic step in keeping any account secure. A strong password with a combination of letters, numbers and symbols can go a long way in preventing it from being hacked.
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Protection against suspicious messages and content
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