"It's completely gone" Ive's damage has been repaired, and the government and AOMG are also taking measures to prevent hacking.

Group Ive's YouTube channel, which had been hacked and lost all content, has been restored.

According to the Ive YouTube channel as of the afternoon of the 5th, it has been confirmed that most of the hacking damage recovery has been completed. Most of the content that was previously available, including Ive's music videos, has been restored and can be viewed. It appears that the YouTube channel hacking recovery work, which continued for two days starting on the 4th, is almost complete.

Previously, on the 4th, Starship Entertainment's YouTube channel was hacked and all content was lost, making it impossible to watch. The YouTube channels of Ive and Starship singers such as Monsta X and Cravity were also hacked. Although the channel names of Monsta What is unusual is that Ive's channel name was changed to 'SpaceX', which is the same name as the space company led by American company Elon Musk.

Previously, AOMG also suffered similar hacking damage. On May 10, 2022, AOMG's official YouTube channel also deleted all videos and only posted a video featuring Elon Musk. At that time, AOMG completed the initial restoration, but had to suffer from continued inactivity of the channel due to violation of guidelines.

About four months later, in September of the same year, the South Korean government's YouTube channel was also stolen due to external hacking, but was restored in about four hours.

What is also noteworthy is that in all three cases mentioned, traces related to Elon Musk remained after hacking. However, there has been no confirmation as to whether the same criminal was responsible.

So why does hacking like this happen? An IT official told Ten Asia, "In most cases, hacking is done to obtain money by threatening personal information as hostage, or to steal information from companies and government organizations. If the target of hacking is an entertainment agency, the image of its artists will suffer." “I think it’s for the purpose of inflicting damage or to cause damage to the company,” he said.

Regarding the Starship hacking case, he said, "If the account name was changed and the video disappeared, it appears to be an attempt to cause disruption and damage to business." He added, "The ID and password were obtained through terminal or account hacking, the name was changed, and the video was deleted. “It’s the same, but if you contact Google, there will be a record of when and where you logged in, so we can help you catch the hacker,” he explained.

In particular, this official said, "To prevent hacking, the internal network and external network are separated, which requires a significant investment of capital." He added, "In order to prevent damage like this case, it is important to prepare a defense device for Google. To make hacking difficult. “Double and triple authentication procedures are required,” he emphasized.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr