How do you protect your Google Account which is the base account that runs your YouTube channel, your Gmail, Your Google Drive and everything else Google Related?Ĭlearly, 2-Factor Authentication is not good enough so its time to move to the next level which is the Titan Security Keys. Once they had that and I am assuming his password to his channel, they were able to log in and delete his channel. A SIM card that will now receive the 2 Factor Authentication password. They essentially convinced his service provider to transfer his number onto a new SIM card. So how did his channel get hacked?Īs per Jon’s tweet, it seems like the hackers did a SIM SWAP. As per Jon’s Tweet, YouTube replied with a “fill in the form and in a couple of weeks we will get back to you” (I am paraphrasing). While this has been reported by many people to YouTube on Twitter, the stream is still live many hours later. What is scary, is that there are over 40 000 people watching this particular live stream having allegedly paid over $4000 in bitcoins so far according to a tweet by the channel owner, Jon Prosser. They are actively streaming a SpaceX interview with Elon Musk but have a large Bitcoin and Ethereum QR code with various promises of large payouts. Events are still unfolding as I write this, but currently, there are many hacked YouTube channels.

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