Two 18-year-olds hacked 'Despacito', the most viewed video on YouTube was captured

In early April, a series of cult videos, billions of views on YouTube were hacked, renamed and wiped out, including "Despacito" more than 5 billion views in the world. The two perpetrators of the incident were only 18 years old and were arrested in France a few days ago.

These two suspects were named "Nassim B" and "Gabriel KAB" by the Paris prosecutor's office. The two 18-year-olds were accused of deliberately sabotaging YouTube video content, owned by Vevo. They used two names: "Prosox" and "Kuroi'ish" to access YouTube accounts, then change the cover, title . of the series.

Two 18-year-olds hacked 'Despacito', the most viewed video on YouTube was captured Picture 1 Despacito the most watched video of all time on YouTube.

Among those affected videos were Despacito, Luis Fonsi's MV and Daddy Yankee, the most viewed video of all time on YouTube, reaching 5 billion views. At that time, hackers changed the cover image of the video with a picture of the movie Money Heist.

Two 18-year-olds hacked 'Despacito', the most viewed video on YouTube was captured Picture 2
The cover of the MV Despacito was changed by a group of people wearing masks wearing guns.

Videos of other famous artists like Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Chris Brown and Shakira managed by Vevo are also affected. Immediately after detecting the affected videos have been restored and the view remains the same.

It is known that both perpetrators were also involved in several previous intrusions. Gabriel KAB is accused of five different counts including previous incidents. Because Nassim B was involved in an unauthorized modification of data in a system owned by others, Nassim B was charged with 6 counts.

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