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Vevo investigates hack of music stars' YouTube channels

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="File photos." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/04/07/justin-bieber,-taylor-swift,-ariana-grande.jpg"/><figcaption>File photos.</figcaption></figure></div>Music hosting service Vevo on Wednesday confirmed that its YouTube channels for Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and other famous artists had served up videos of a convicted conman after being hacked.Vevo, which provides music videos to platforms including YouTube, said that it deleted the improperly uploaded content and is investigating the breach.&quot;Some videos were directly uploaded to a small number of Vevo artist channels earlier today by an unauthorized source,&quot; a spokesperson said in response to an AFP inquiry.&quot;No pre-existing content was accessible to the source.&quot;Google-owned YouTube did not respond to a request for comment.Popular Vevo channels for artists such as Ariana Grande, Drake, Eminem, Michael Jackson, and Kanye West were reported to be targeted in the hack.A video of Paco Sanz, a Spaniard sentenced last year to prison for falsely claiming to be dying of cancer and scamming celebrities and others, had been visible for a few hours on hacked YouTube channels.Vevo was launched in 2009 by Universal Music and Sony Music as a joint venture to host music for artists.Hackers struck at Vevo four years ago, defacing music videos and causing the hit number &quot;Despacito&quot; to vanish temporarily from the service.

Music hosting service Vevo on Wednesday confirmed that its YouTube channels for Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and other famous artists had served up videos of a convicted conman after being hacked.