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Security Warning For 23 Million YouTube Creators Following 'Massive' Hack Attack
High-profile YouTubers have been targeted by cybercriminals over the weekend in what appears to have been a highly coordinated and "massive" attack. The security warning was made by Catalin Cimpanu, a ZDNet reporter, who spoke to a member of an internet forum with a history of trading access to hacked accounts. Here's what we know so far and what you need to do to protect your own YouTube account.
According to the ZDNet investigation, many accounts belonging to well-known YouTubers within the car community appear to have been hijacked. However, it would also appear the attack itself has been directed mostly towards "influencers" across many YouTube channel genres. Amongst those taking to Twitter to complain about their YouTube accounts being hacked and access to their channels lost, were YouTubers covering technology, music, gaming and Disney. With more than 23 million YouTube channels, anyone who creates content should be heeding this warning though.
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Friday September 27 2019, @08:10AM
And I am quite happy for you! But as a Logician, "This Shall Not Pass!!" (It's a neckbeard wizard thing). The change in this case is based on semi-literacy and ignorance. If you mean "begs for the question to be asked/raised", then, say that. But to use "question begging" in this sense is something of a damp squid. [wikipedia.org] I mean to say, the usage does not pass the mustard! It is kind of like a bowl in a China shop [chronicle.com] and a "mute point". Only someone lacking toast and intolerant would think this is a normal change of language. There is a database [lascribe.net], you know. . . But perhaps it is all for knot.