Gen Halilintar YouTube Channel Attacked By Russian Hackers, Deleted All Videos

JAKARTA - Atta Halilintar announced bad news. The Gen Halilintar YouTube channel, belonging to the Atta family, was allegedly hacked by irresponsible parties. The hacker changed the name of the Gen Halilintar channel to Ethereum Live News.

Via Instagram @attahalilintar regarding the news. "CHANNEL Youtube GEN HALILINTAR Gone Hack in  Russia! Including my brother's channel !", Atta wrote on Friday, April 16.

It was based on the language used to change the name of the channel that Atta believed the hacker was from Russia. Not only changing the name, the hacker also deleted most of the videos that were already on the channel. Now, only a few videos are left on the channel.

Atta also said that events like this have often been experienced by YouTubers in Indonesia. He also gave a message to content creators to be careful.

"For YouTubers or those who have a YouTube account, be vigilant! Increase the security! Do not easily trust links on behalf of the official", said Atta.

As a support, netizens so that the Gen Halilintar YouTube channel can come back again and this problem can be thoroughly investigated, Sai Halilintar asked netizens to report the hack. "But don't report the channel, report to the YouTube", said Sai Halilintar, Atta's younger brother.