The YouTube channel of Sansad TV, which broadcasts live proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha when Parliament is in session, was terminated by the social media platform for violating YouTube’s community guidelines after it was compromised by scamsters on Tuesday.
In an official statement, Sansad TV said, “YouTube channel of Sansad TV got compromised due to unauthorised activities by some scamsters on February 15 (Tuesday 1 am), including live streaming on this channel.”
Sansad TV also stated that the hackers had changed the channel’s name to ‘Ethereum’ (a cryptocurrency). It further added, “Sansad TV’s social media team promptly worked on it and got the channel restored by early morning around 3:45 hrs.”
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the nodal agency for responding to cyber security incidents in India, also reported the incident and had alerted Sansad TV. Later on Youtube also started fixing the security threats permanently, the channel stated.
