The wildly popular "Despacito" video was allegedly attacked by hackers and then disappeared off of YouTube, according to The Verge.
The video to the hit song by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee was defaced by the alleged hackers before the video went poof, the website said.
The BBC News wrote that the video, which had more than 5 billion views, was replaced by a cover image that showed a group wearing masks and pointing guns. The network said the hackers called themselves Prosox and Kuroi'sh and wrote "Free Palestine" underneath the videos.
The Verge wrote that music videos featuring songs from Chris Brown, Shakira, DJ Snake, Selena Gomez, Drake, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift also were attacked by the alleged hackers. All of the affected music videos were uploaded to the artist's Vevo YouTube accounts, the website said.
"Vevo can confirm that a number of videos in its catalogue were subject to a security breach today, which has now been contained," a Vevo representative told The Verge. "We are working to reinstate all videos affected and our catalogue to be restored to full working order. We are continuing to investigate the source of the breach."
The BBC News wrote that a Twitter account belonging to one of the alleged hackers posted a message Tuesday.
Surrey University cyber-security expert Alan Woodward told the BBC News that it probably took more work to gain access.
"To upload and alter video content with code you should require an authorization token," Woodward told the BBC News. "So, either this hacker has found a way around that need for authorization, or they are being economical with the facts, or they obtained the permissions in some other way."
Fox News reported that YouTube and Vevo were still working on addressing the apparent hacking incident on their social media pages Tuesday morning.
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