The official Dota 2 YouTube channel was briefly compromised on Wednesday, with the account promoting a Solana-based token called dota2coin through what observers described as a fraudulent livestream.
There is no indication that user data was compromised other than fraudulent promotions. decryption We independently confirmed the existence of the video through notification history logs.
The live streaming video titled “Dota 2 Launch Official Meme Coin | Hurry Up” includes: link to PumpFun tokens. Instead, the coin description included a link to the official YouTube channel.
The report also says it comes amid reports that some users were experiencing playback errors across YouTube’s platform, with some users unable to watch videos at all. 9to5google.
At the time of writing, memecoin’s market capitalization has fallen to around $5,500, according to data from Pump.fun, a decline of around 21% since its launch at approximately 21:55 UTC.
On-chain metrics for this coin suggest that it was created within hours of the hack, with a bond curve progress of less than 3% and a single wallet holding over 98% of the token supply.
A Reddit user on the r/DotA2 thread quickly documented The hack posts screenshots of fake token promotions and warns others not to get involved.
The breach appears to have spread beyond Dota 2’s official channels, with users later reporting that PGL, the Romanian esports organizer responsible for hosting Valve-sanctioned Dota 2 tournaments, had also been hacked.
Posting to the r/DotA2 sub on Reddit showed The PGL YouTube account broadcast a fake Bitcoin livestream impersonating strategic executive Michael Saylor, which at one point had more than 2,000 viewers.
decryption We’ve reached out to Valve and PGL for confirmation. PumpFun’s co-founder did not immediately respond. of decryption Request confirmation and comments in our Telegram group.
This breach follows a well-known pattern seen across several high-profile organizations. YouTube hijack In the past few years, at least since 2020, it has been used to promote fraudulent encryption schemes.
At the time, hackers took over the channels of popular creators, rebranded them to impersonate known crypto figures, and ran fake token promotions and livestream “giveaways.”
later report Citing Google’s Threat Analysis Group, it detailed how attackers systematically compromised verified YouTube accounts through phishing emails disguised as sponsorship offers in order to imitate exchanges such as Binance and Gemini and broadcast fake crypto events.
Institutional investors and public sector accounts have also been targeted. Last year, the Supreme Court of India’s YouTube channel hacked It is repeating the same tactics currently seen in the Dota 2 incident to promote XRP-branded fraud streams.
Some technology icons have also been spoofed. In August, fake video The use of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s likeness led to victims losing their “life savings” in a similar Bitcoin giveaway scam.
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