7News YouTube channel hack shows live stream of fake Elon Musk crypto scam [Video]

7News’ YouTube channel – which boasts 1.71 million subscribers – was hacked and used to live-stream an AI-generated Elon Musk cryptocurrency scam on Thursday.

About 60,000 people were watching one live-stream and 45,000 were watching another at various points on Thursday before they were taken down, and then later re-uploaded.

The stream showed an artificial intelligence representation of Musk, the owner and chief executive of Tesla, touting a cryptocurrency scam while standing in front of a Tesla car. Later, two more streams were uploaded showing a Tesla launch event for its Cybertruck in 2023.

Seven’s main YouTube channel has been taken down and hyperlinks to the page are broken, with a message displayed saying it is unavailable. The 7News YouTube channel, …