Animonsta Studios (MONSTA) is presently working with YouTube to reclaim control of its official YouTube account, which recently fell victim to hacking and was transformed into a cryptocurrency channel.
MONSTA announced in a statement that the restoration process involves recovering thousands of MONSTA video contents, which have amassed billions of views since the channel’s inception over a decade ago, according to Bernama.
“The official ‘MONSTA Channel’ YouTube account primarily engages millions of family members and young viewers not only in Malaysia but across the region.
“Reportedly, the cyber attack has affected nearly over a million daily views. MONSTA is addressing this breach of ethics with the utmost seriousness,” the statement read.
Faiz Zainal Aabidin, MONSTA’s media director, also addressed the incident in the same statement, emphasising its revelation of vulnerabilities within the security measures of various social media platforms.
“We are learning from this experience and planning to collaborate with more official television broadcasting stations in each Southeast Asian country.
“Perhaps local television stations or official streaming platforms like Netflix could offer more stability in broadcasting and gain more trust from MONSTA’s loyal viewers. We have many series currently in the pipeline,” Faiz Zainal said.
A quick check of MONSTA’s channel indicates that they have reclaimed their channel; however, the channel continues to display the hacker’s tag as “@micro-strategy-corp_2024”.
