Despacito, YouTubes biggest hit, deleted in apparent hack

CAIRO: The video of record-breaking Spanish hit “Despacito” appears to have been deleted from YouTube in an apparent hack on Tuesday.

Luis Fonsi’s song was reportedly deleted from the streaming platform, but a still on the video shows a group wearing masks and pointing guns.

When fans attempted to press play, it said the video is unavailable.

The hackers, calling themselves Prosox and Kuroi’sh, had written “Free Palestine” underneath the videos.

More than a dozen other artists, including Shakira, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and Drake, have also been affected.

The original clips had been posted by Vevo.

The Spanish-langauge hit was removed only five days after it was announced that it had more than 5 billion views on YouTube, making it the first video in history to garner this number of attractions.