Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-02-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Neebs Gaming YouTube channel
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Neebs Gaming, a highly popular YouTube gaming channel is hacked by unidentified crypto scammers, who change its name and banner to Coinbase Pro to collect Bitcoin from its viewers/subscribers.