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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: 2) by stretch611 on Thursday September 26 2019, @09:16PM (1 child)
Let this hack remove Ninja [youtube.com] from the internet.
(Damn when looking up a link, I realized he is on twitch as well... so hopefully that will be hacked too.)
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 26 2019, @10:01PM
He is not really a YouTuber. His main platform was Twitch, but Microsoft likely paid him $1 million or more to switch to Mixer.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/1/20750393/ninja-mixer-exclusive-twitch-fortnite-streaming-gaming-announcement [theverge.com]
Even if Mixer fails and Ninja's career takes a nosedive, he is set for life.