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Hacking of Namewee’s YouTube Account Follows Criticism of War in Ukraine

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Vivienne Chow 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.In 2021, he deliberately taunted mainland China’s patriotic army of keyboard warriors, known as ‘little pinks’ with his song “Fragile” and was subsequently banned in China.

More recently, he has voiced support for Ukraine, which has been fighting back against the invading Russian military for some five weeks.

Namewee has been operating his authenticated account for some 13 years, built up a subscriber base of 3.27 million and had accumulated over 6 billion video views.

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