Linus Tech Tips explains how YouTube channel got hacked for crypto scam streams YouTube: LinusTechTipsYouTube star Linus \u2018Linus Tech Tips\u2019 Sebastian has explained how his YouTube channels managed to get hacked and deleted, without the hackers going after his passwords. On March 23, fans of Linus Tech Tips \u2013 the biggest channel out there for PC content \u2013 were shocked to find that three channels worth of content had disappeared and been replaced by cryptocurrency scam streams. These types of attacks aren\u2019t new, and have constantly cropped up on YouTube and Twitch, but it was shocking that Linus \u2013 whose content is all about knowing the ins and outs of tech \u2013 had fallen victim to it. Well, after firefighting things and managing to wrestle back control of his channels, the YouTuber has revealed what happened, including the fact he had to get out of bed in the early hours to get things sorted out. Linus Tech Tips explains how his YouTube channel got hacked The Canadian tech supremo revealed that it wasn\u2019t like someone targeted their password directly to get into his account, but, instead, they went after their whole browser profile, which made it even more difficult to combat. \u201cSomeone on our team downloaded what appeared to be a sponsorship offer from a potential partner. It was an innocent enough mistake for the most part. The email came from a legitimate-looking source and it didn\u2019t raise any immediate red flags,\u201d Linus said, noting that whatever \u2018PDF\u2019 was downloading, didn\u2019t launch as it should have and was thus ignored. \u201cWhat happened in the background took about 30 seconds. The malware accessed all user data from both of their installed browsers, Chrome and Edge, including everything from locally save passwords, cookies, and browser preferences. Giving them effectively an exact copy of those browsers on the target machine that they could export including, that\u2019s right, session tokens for every logged-in website.\u201d He noted that the hack could have been \u201ceasily avoided\u201d if the team had better processes in place and that it took longer than it should have to fix things because of how roles are dished out for his channels. \u201cThe bottom line is, our disaster response processes need to improve because I realized at three whatever in the morning, that I didn\u2019t know how to reset the passwords and the access controls across these channels,\u201d he added, before urging Google to improve communication and security options around these issues. Things are back to the way they should be across the three compromised channels, so expect the usual videos soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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