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UPDATE: AOMG YouTube channel back after hacker attack

By Nefertiti Jenkins

UPDATED: May 12, 2022

The official AOMG YouTube channel is back. According to AOMG a hacker took control of the channel on May 10th. The label posted a notice on social media on May 11, saying it had then managed to restore the channel, but YouTube terminated the site, due to the content uploaded by the hacker. 

After reaching out to YouTube, it appears the channel is now officially restored for AOMG for good. The channel has 1.85 million subscribers, and includes content from its artists including ELO, YUGYEOM, DeVita, LeeHi, Hoody, sogumm, Loco, GRAY, Simon Dominic and more.

ORIGINAL POST: May 11, 2022

AOMG working to get YouTube channel back after hacker takes control of the site

In a notice posted to fans on social media, South Korean hip-hop label AOMG says on May 10th there was a hacker attack on the AOMGOFFICIAL YouTube channel. According to the label, it managed to restore the channel as it was before the attack, but YouTube shut the site down because the contents uploaded by the hacker violated YouTube's harmful or dangerous content policy. 

AOMG says it's doing its best to bring the original AOMGOFFICIAL channel and its contents back. Meanwhile, fans say they noticed the site was hacked when they received an Elon Musk Bitcoin livestream notification from the channel, which had been changed to Tesla US.  

 
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