Han Hye-jin also fell victim… YouTube suddenly deleted after coin live stream was broadcast

Korea Economic Daily

Summary

Han Hye-jin's YouTube channel was deleted due to hacking, and a coin-related live broadcast unrelated to her was streamed on the channel.
Han Hye-jin has officially submitted an appeal to YouTube and said she is taking all measures to recover the channel.
It reported that recent celebrity YouTube channel hacking cases have continued, and that investors need to be cautious about the security of related accounts.

Channel deleted due to hacking

"Filed an appeal with YouTube"

Model and broadcaster Han Hye-jin's YouTube channel was suddenly deleted after being hacked. Han Hye-jin said, "I have officially submitted an appeal to YouTube."

On the morning of the 10th, Han Hye-jin's YouTube channel was blocked with a notice saying, "The channel was deleted because it violated the YouTube Community Guidelines."

Earlier that early morning, a coin-related live broadcast titled "Ripple (XRP): CEO Brad Garlinghouse's growth prediction" was streamed on Han Hye-jin's channel. When content completely different from usual appeared suddenly, netizens raised concerns, saying, "Was the YouTube account hacked?" In response, Han Hye-jin directly announced via social media (SNS), "My YouTube channel was hacked."

She said, "I learned this morning at around 8 a.m. through contact from the production team and people around me that a coin-related live broadcast was streamed on my channel in the early hours of November 10 (Monday)," and added, "I have officially submitted an appeal to YouTube, have taken all possible measures to promptly restore the channel, and am waiting for a response."

"Also, the broadcast aired in the early hours was unrelated to the intentions of me and the channel's production team, and I would like to make it clear that it was not content we broadcast. I sincerely hope that no one suffered damage through that broadcast," she said.

"Because this is a channel I have personally planned and created each piece of content for with affection, I am only very upset and bewildered," she said, adding, "I will do my best until the end to quickly restore the channel."

Meanwhile, this is not the first time a celebrity's YouTube channel has been hacked. Previously, former gymnast Son Yeon-jae, singer Taemin, and groups IVE and MONSTA X also experienced similar damage and then restored their channels.

Shin Hyun-bo, Hankyung.com reporter greaterfool@hankyung.com