Cyber chaos: YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia claims his channels were hacked

WEB DESK: Popular YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, known for his channel “BeerBiceps”, reportedly experienced a cyber breach that compromised both of his YouTube channels.

According to Ranveer Allahbadia, hackers not only erased all of his original content but also rebranded the channels with names such as “@Elon.trump.tesla_live2024” and “@Tesla.event.trump_2024”.

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The attacks also replaced his videos with archived live steams featuring prominent political figure Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk.

YouTube then had to intervene, removing both channels and displaying notification that indicated the accounts were taken down for violating community guidelines.

Fans of Ranveer searching for his channels encountered a message stating “This page isn’t available. Sorry about that. Try searching for something else”.

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When Allahbadia was in Singapore during the attack, he took to his other social media handles to adders the situation in a rather humourous fashion.

The YouTuber posted a picture of his meal, joking about celebrating the incident with vegan burgers.

He playfully questioned the future of his YouTube career, as well. “Is this the end of my YouTube journey? It was nice knowing you all”.

The young Gen Z-er lunched BeerBiceps when he was just 22. The channel initially focused on fitness and motivational content revolving around it.

However, overtime, the YouTuber widened his content to include interviews with famous personalities.

While the YouTuber’s fans found humour in Allabadia’s posts, many were quite sceptical, questioning the alleged hack and speculating if it were a publicity stunt.

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Fans of Ranveer Allabadia posted encouraging messages, with many appealing to YouTube to look into the matter and restore his channels.