The famous YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia’s YouTube channel gets hacked! Yes you heard it right the podcast, popularly known as ‘Beer Biceps,’ got hacked. On September 25, Wednesday night his channel got hacked.Here’s what happened:
‘Beer Bicep’ gets hacked
Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast channel was hacked and got renamed by hackers. The hackers changed the channel’s name to ‘Tesla’. They also changed the handle into ‘@Elon.trump.tesla_live2024’. In addition to this his private channel got changed to ‘@Tesla.event.trump_2024.’ All of his content got deleted, including his latest interviews .
The hackers started a livestream, Furthermore, all his content was replaced with older events featuring interviews with Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The video showcased Elon Musk (AI-generated) promoting cryptocurrency scams. The AI-generated Musk was seen calling people to invest in crypto in a suspicious website, elonweb.net. By doing this the investor can get double returns. This is a scam known as ‘Bitcoin doubling’, which is quite popular among cyberattacks targeting famous YouTubers.
After the incident, YouTube removed Allahbadia’s YouTube account. So, if you are still looking for his channel, you will probably see ‘This page isn’t available. Sorry about that.’ Well, you could always look for other profiles!
Ranveer Allahbadia reacts
After all the chaos, Ranveer Allahbadia finally reacts and breaks his silence. According to his X (previously Twitter) he was traveling to Singapore when the mishap took place. Now, he said he has landed in Mumbai. He also posted a story , posting a picture of a burger with a caption Celebrating my two main channels being hacked with my favourite food. vegan burgers. Death of Beer Biceps met with Death of diet.”
In addition to this he also shared a picture wearing an eye mask. He left a question to his audience, asking is this the end of his YouTube career. Furthermore, he also wrote a note to his audience saying it was lovely to meet them.
