Elon Musk Deepfake Video Viral: There is a lot of discussion about deepfake these days. But this discussion has become a matter of concern for people. Every day, someone’s deepfake video goes viral, be it a celebrity or a leader… Now once again the news has come that Tesla CEO and SpaceX owner Elon Musk has become a victim of a deepfake video.
Elon Musk’s deepfake video was livestreamed on YouTube and was broadcast for about 5 hours. According to the information, in this deepfake video, Elon Musk is seen promoting a crypto currency scam in the livestream. This video showed a clip of Musk, which looked like a livestream from a Tesla event, although the fake video was later removed.
What was in the deepfake video?
As soon as Elon Musk’s deepfake video surfaced, the market of discussions also became hot. The video clip has Musk’s AI generated voice and he was asking to visit a website related to cryptocurrency and participate in the giveaway. In Musk’s deepfake, he instructed to deposit Bitcoin, Ethereum or Dogecoin to participate in the giveaway. Along with this, it was also promised in the video that whatever amount you deposit, the system will send you back double the amount of cryptocurrency.
Tesla account hacked
Things are not limited to making deepfake videos, but hackers also hacked the account created in the name of Tesla. This is because the account created in the name of Tesla had an official verification badge and live streaming was being done from this account. This clearly means that this account was hacked. Not only this, more than 30 thousand audiences were involved in this stream at one time.
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