PUBG Mobile Esports official youtube channel got hacked, renamed as SpaceX 2021


PUBG Mobile Esports official youtube channel got hacked, renamed as SpaceX 2021

PUBG Mobile Esports Official youtube channel

In a very shocking incident, the official youtube channel of PUBG Mobile Esports was hacked and renamed as SpaceX 2021. The hacker also shared a video of crypto after hacking the channel.

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Every battle-royale game is dealing with the trouble to eliminate hackers from their servers as soon as they can as these hackers use miscellaneous cheating tools to manipulate the matches according to their own will. The developers of PUBG Mobile have time and again banned a significant number of accounts through their anti-cheat system. However, hacking of the official youtube channel of PUBG Mobile Esports was unforeseen.

PUBG Mobile Esports youtube channel hacked

PUBG Mobile Esports official youtube channel got hacked, renamed as SpaceX 2021
PUBG Mobile Esports hacked

One of the most popular battle-royale game PUBG Mobile has a devoted youtube channel where all the prestigious tournaments of PUBG Mobile are live streamed for the fans. The Esports channel was started on 2018 and has garnered over 3 million subscribers.

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The home page of the channel was empty, however, when players navigated to the videos section, all of the previous content that was streamed in the official channel was present in the channel. Along with that, the crypto video that the hacker streamed was also present. The video was named as “SpaceX’s all-civilian Inspiration4 Mission” referring to Elon Musk’s aerospace manufacturing company, SpaceX.

PUBG Mobile Esports official youtube channel got hacked, renamed as SpaceX 2021
PUBG Mobile Esports

The hacking took place when the finals of PUBG Mobile Pro League Arabia was live streamed. The viewership fell drastically due to this incident. Most of the tournaments of PUBG Mobile get lakhs of viewership, however, due to the hacker, the viewership dropped between 20 and 30.

As the hacking took place around 11 PM, the developers were kept on their toes. Although, the channel was restored within hours and renamed with the original name. This incident has left a severe impact upon the officials who are desperately trying to curb hackers and cheaters and ensure a fair gameplay environment for everyone.

The officials are putting up efforts to investigate upon this incident and verify that this type of incident is not repeated in the near future.

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