The music video for Luis Fonsi's hit song 'Despacito' has been deleted from YouTube.
The video - which has recently hit five billion views - has reportedly been removed from the platform by hackers. Just a few days ago, Despacito became the most viewed video on YouTube.
The hackers appeared to have posted their names on the video description. The description read 'Hacked by Kuroi'SH & Prosox'.
Other artists hosting their music on Vevo's YouTube channel have also been affected, including Shakira, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and Drake,
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One of the hackers, Prosox, tweeted that the hack was 'just for fun'.
@YouTube Its just for fun i just use script "youtube-change-title-video" and i write "hacked" don t judge me i love youtube <3
— Prosox (@ProsoxW3b) April 10, 2018
They also tweeted at Vevo, urging the company to 'not leave the control to your site to any developer'.
@Vevo You have all my respect but do not leave the control to your site to any developer did not take into account this hacking it was a fun if we would like to harm your customers we would delete all the video but I did not delete despacito must believe me
— Prosox (@ProsoxW3b) April 10, 2018
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