Several Filipino Musicians’ Accounts Hacked to Promote XRP Scam

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Several YouTube accounts of prominent Filipino musicians have been hacked, and they are now being used to promote an XRP scam involving a deep fake video of Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse.

Ben&Ben, a nine-piece pop band with over three million YouTube followers, started live-streaming a fraudulent XRP advertisement. The scam video falsely predicts that XRP might reach $4, directing viewers to phishing websites to access their funds.

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On July 15, several YouTube accounts belonging to famous Filipino musicians were hacked and used to promote an XRP scam. The compromised accounts included those of the local band Ben&Ben, boyband SB19, and musician Rico Blanco.

The compromised accounts all promoted a deep fake video of Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO, predicting XRP might reach $4. The video further directed victims to phishing websites to steal their funds.

Ben&Ben, a nine-piece pop band with over three million YouTube followers, announced on their official Facebook page that their account had been compromised.

The band stated their team was working to recover the page, which was live-streaming the XRP scam during recovery.

A few hours later, the band regained partial control of their account, although some content from the attackers remained visible. As of now, the XRP scam livestream has ceased.

Similarly, the YouTube account of Filipino boyband SB19, which has 3.6 million followers, also announced the hacking . Their management swiftly recovered the account and reported the incident to the relevant authorities.

Also, musician Rico Blanco, with over 700,000 followers, was another victim. Although he has not yet made an official statement, Reddit users flagged