Matthias Wandel's YouTube channel got hacked [video](youtube.com) |
Matthias Wandel's YouTube channel got hacked [video](youtube.com) |
https://www.youtube.com/user/matthiaswandel now redirects to some Ripple nonsense.
Adding my comment in the hopes it will inflate this thread's visibility.
I've noticed some people blaming Matthias for this which is silly. We all like to think we've got our security tight and locked but the truth is that, for almost all of us, it'll never be tested.
But I hope Matthias gets his channel back. I'm a long-time subscriber to both of his channels. Hopefully my comment adds into the pile and brings more notice to him :)
The number of things it is truly appropriate to say this about approaches zero. Matthias has extensive "computer" experience (and that's an understatement). It's counter-productive to no-true-Scotsman the concept of a person who is "competent" or "savvy" with "computers" - the field is too large/complex, especially anything remotely security related. Just focus on reality, i.e. what actually happens. This happened.
If his channel ever comes back, check out the cool wood projects incorporating a Raspberry Pi.
I can’t imagine what Matthias is going through right now. Hopefully this is reversed cleanly without losing history on the channel.
I don't even think the attackers care about deleting the original content, it doesn't serve them in any way, except maybe if they can extort extra money from the creator by keeping it hostage? Let's not give them ideas.
Where's this Youtube or Google merge account function?
> You can't merge or link separate YouTube channels or automatically transfer data from one channel to another. But you can manually re-upload your videos to a different channel that you manage. Watch time and other metrics will start over for any new uploads.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2404846
Sounds like Google has more issues than just account login/password compromises.
edit: Looks like there's some extra functions for "Brand Accounts" : https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3056283
which says: "You can move your channel and its videos over from one Brand Account to another, as long as they’re associated with the same Google Account."
But I don't get how this crypto account got to be on the same Google Account, but maybe you can attach as many Brands as you like to a Google Account?
Give any of us a tired morning without coffee and a mis-click, and many of us could be in the same predicament.
But you would be surprised how much you drop your defenses when you are convinced you just got an email from a friend/business partner/etc.