Hacking of Namewee’s YouTube account follows criticism of war in Ukraine


Oei said that Namewee operates a verified artist channel and that YouTube should offer greater protection for such content creators, adding that he suspected that the hacking may have been done within YouTube or its parent Google by Chinese employees who are loyal to Beijing. — Reuters

LOS ANGELES: Namewee, the controversy-courting Malaysian singer-songwriter, has been the victim of an unusual hacking attack. His YouTube channel was this week attacked, stripped of its content and renamed with a Russian obscenity.

Given the degree of access necessary to achieve such a feat, the hacking suggests that Namewee (real name Wee Meng Chee) has upset some powerful people.

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