{"id":60295,"date":"2025-01-28T19:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/tgfbro-reveal-how-vikkstar-got-their-youtube-channel-back-from-crypto-hackers-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T19:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:09:27","slug":"tgfbro-reveal-how-vikkstar-got-their-youtube-channel-back-from-crypto-hackers-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/tgfbro-reveal-how-vikkstar-got-their-youtube-channel-back-from-crypto-hackers-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"TGFBro reveal how Vikkstar got their YouTube channel back from crypto hackers &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TGFBro reveal how Vikkstar got their YouTube channel back from crypto hackers YouTube: TGFBroYouTuber duo TGFBro revealed on the Happy Hour Podcast how Sidemen co-founder Vikkstar helped them retrieve their channel back from crypto hackers. When you\u2019re crafting a YouTube empire, the last thing you want to experience is losing hours of hard work. Hacking the accounts of content creators has, unfortunately, become commonplace these days and TGFBro\u2019s found this out the hard way. Comprised of duo Jamie \u2018Jay\u2019 Swingler and Romell Claudius Henry, the pair woke up one day to a barrage of messages explaining that their YouTube account had been taken over. Now, the duo have revealed how Sidemen co-founder Vikkstar aided them in claiming their account back. TGFBro reveal how playing Minecraft comprised their Twitter accounts Appearing on the Happy Hour Podcast, Jamie and Romell shared the difficulty and stress of getting their channel back from hackers. \u201cJust two months ago I woke up, with about 50 text messages\u2026it was a Russian hacker,\u201d Romell began to explain. The pair were forcefully logged out of their account and rebranded as \u2018MicroStrategy\u2019, with content focused on crypto-currency uploaded on their channel. \u201cIt was so awkward because we couldn\u2019t get hold of the channel and they kept uploading their own like videos\u2026we lost 80,000 subs in one day,\u201d Romell continued. Despite several attempts to get assistance, the pair turned to an unexpected ally: Vikkstar. \u201cI messaged some people I\u2019ve not spoken to on Twitter,\u201d said Romell before Jamie added more context: \u201cBro I was DM\u2019ing Vikkstar, I was just desperate. I was like \u2018do you know anyone?\u2019 He\u2019s a tech wizard bro.\u201d Thanks to establishing contact with Vikkstar and more, the pair were able to alert key figures at YouTube to rectify the situation. Since getting back into their account, the pair have ensure every form of security is in place to prevent another breach in the future. The pair aren\u2019t the only ones crossing paths with the world of crypto-currency either. Kim Kardashian has recently completed a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, following a complication with the star promoting Ethereum Max.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TGFBro reveal how Vikkstar got their YouTube channel back from crypto hackers YouTube: TGFBroYouTuber duo TGFBro revealed on the Happy Hour Podcast how Sidemen co-founder Vikkstar helped them retrieve their channel back from crypto hackers. When you\u2019re crafting a YouTube empire, the last thing you want to experience is losing hours of hard work. Hacking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}