YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia aka Beerbiceps has finally addressed the shocking cyber attack that saw hackers seize control of both his channels. Allahbadia, who was in Singapore when the cyber attacker targeted his YouTube channels (Beerbiceps and The Ranveer Show) acknowledged the hacking about a day after it occurred.
Taking a light-hearted attitude to the attack, he shared a photo of his supper at a Singapore restaurant on Instagram stories and discussed celebrating the cyberattack.
"Celebrating my two main channels being hacked with my favourite food. Vegan burgers. Death of BeerBiceps met with Death of diet," he said.
In another Instagram story, he posed for a selfie wearing an eye mask and questioned, "Is this the end of my YouTube career?" Was good knowing you all.¡±The cyber attack: What happened to Ranveer Allahbadia?
The hackers named the channels after Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Tesla. The two channels were given new names, "@Elon.trump.tesla_live2024" and "@Tesla.event.trump_2024", before their videos were erased.
After deleting his podcasts and interviews, the attackers released previous live streams of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.?While looking for both channels on YouTube, a notification came stating that they were removed due to a breach of the company's standards.
"This page is not available. Sorry for that. When looking for the channels, another notification stated, "Try searching for something else."
Allahbadia created his YouTube channel, Beerbiceps, and quickly gained a passionate following with videos offering workout recommendations, diet guidance, and motivational remarks. Over time, he expanded the type of content he produced, which included interviews with high-profile celebrities for his podcast.
He has interviewed various celebs like Kareena Kapoor, Yuvraj Singh, Smriti Irani, Akshay Kumar, comedian Johny Lever, as well as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
His digital content creation has earned him various prizes, including the Maharashtra government's Warrior of Change Award in 2021 and the Best YouTube Content of India Award in 2023.?