One of the most widely followed cricket franchises on the planet, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) YouTube channel was hacked as of late, and the official name of the name was likewise changed to ‘MicroStatergy.’ The franchise have been attempting to churn up engaging content for their loyal fans, but they have been left embarrassed several times.
Prior, RCB had reportedly congratulated Shubman Gillwell well in advance for scoring a century vs West Indies, despite the fact that the youngster missed out on the milestone by two runs.
Notably, RCB is owned by United Spirits, and after the most recent hacking incident on their YouTube channel, every one of the videos from RCB’s official channel have been deleted.
Previously, the hackers did live streaming about cryptocurrency on RCB’s official YouTube channel. Microstrategy, the company that has been reported to have some connections behind the hacking, is an intelligence company, which allows organizations turn data into different powerful Analytics applications.
Prior, RCB’s Twitter handle was likewise hacked last year, before the technical team recaptured access to the Twitter account. Later they put out a tweet apologizing to their fans about the same.
“Dear 12th Man Army, our Twitter account was compromised a few hours ago and we have now managed to get the access back. We condemn the tweet that the hackers put out and we do not endorse any content from that tweet, which we have now deleted. We regret the inconvenience caused,” wrote the franchise later.