Tesla YouTube Channel Hacked: Unbelievable Deep Fake Livestream

While testing the visibility of each of my web pages on search engines, I stumbled upon a video detailing an attempted assassination of Trump. It turns out it actually happened this week. It's crazy—a 20-year-old guy outsmarted highly paid and well-equipped special services. On the flip side, Trump was incredibly lucky to dodge the bullet with that millisecond movement, with the bullet grazing only his ear. Politics is wild.

Curious, I dug deeper into why the shooter did it, but he's now deceased. Then, I came across a live stream on Tesla's channel titled 'LIVE: Elon Musk Reveals Insights on Trump Assassination Attempt and Election Support.' It's bizarre because Tesla's channel typically updates about company matters, yet here Musk was discussing cryptocurrency. Initially, I thought he wouldn't be endorsing cryptocurrency in his company's event, but as I continued watching, things got stranger. There was a CNET logo and a QR code scan prompt, which never happens at Tesla events focused solely on the company's visions and products.

As I scrutinized closer, something felt off—the lip-syncing didn't match, and the livestream was choppy with comments turned off, unlike Tesla's usual high-quality broadcasts. Checking Tesla's playlist, this was their only live event, leading me to conclude it was fake. Tesla's channel had been hacked. The deep fake was nearly convincing with good angles, the mouth movements and human interaction are almost natural, the event website was done beautifully, body movement are almost close, you will fall in the trap if you're watching it in low quality play, It's a well done fake video. Hearing Elon Musk without a stutter was particularly unbelievable, The loop is well done also. The advancement in deep fake and crypto scam technology is alarming.

Crypto scams are very rampant. They aim to outwit people who want a free or easy way to make money. They can delude a person with promises on fake websites that they will double the crypto you send to them. One of the most common types of crypto-related attacks on YouTube or X starts with the takeover of a YouTube channel. According to Bitdefender article written by Silviu Stahie, the scam works like this: Content creators receive an email or link on a messaging platform from a company that promises a sponsorship or deal. The contract attachment, usually in PDF format, is infected with malware that steals session cookies, allowing criminals to take over the channel and change credentials.