Linus Tech Tips, Tech Quickie, Tech Linked channels hacked

[betav17]

[peotr26]

I just received a notification on YouTube for a Tesla stream. I knew that meant that one of the channel I was following got hacked. When I checked the channel, it seemed to be the LTT main channel.

[Gulstar]

Yeah, i just got a notification for a tesla stream. I didn't remember subscribing to Tesla, so I wanted to unsubscribe, only to see the LTT was taken over by a scammer

[Error 52]

I've seen this happen to a lot of YouTube channels lately. Lotta crypto scammers have been hacking YouTube channels to push scams. Often by using Elon Musk's mug to do it, as seen here.

[faketruth]

can confirm, name is changed to TESLA/@teslaliveonline1, and now is live streaming. hope anyone notice this quickly

[VideoJohn]

Noticed the same thing! Reported, so that maybe YT can see it and give it back to LMG. But that is SLOW!!!

[lizart951]

the channel is life with bitcoin discusion

[Nick-MrMeow]

Live video sent from LTT(Now called Tesla) talks up bitcoin and encourages people to scan scam QR code. Started just after 3am 3-23-23

[Monsterkater]

Same for me, just went to the forums to post this.

[Gokalex]

yeah, definitely got hacked, hopefully they can get the channel back quickly

[Anvith]

Yes. It seems to be the typical Elon musk bitcoin scam. 

 

Its highly likely that a editor account was compromised

 

[Needfuldoer]

Damn it, Colton!

[Billbrown1982]

Yep definitely have been. Hopefully they are already on the case.

 

Few months ago they got corridor crew and now LTT. Unreal.

 

[Alpha XVIV]

Don't know if this is the right place to put this, I literally just made the account today to notify you guys ASAP.

 

Got a YouTube notification telling a Tesla stream is happening although I never subscribed to it. Then I noticed the thumbnail from the previous stream (building a computer for the 500 Hz monitor).

 

Where Tesla is in my alphabetical-order subs list is supposed to be LTT

 

[valenb4]

f**king crap , i was like what he hell ...

 

reported also

 

[HELL4GAMERS]

Just joined here to find out if it's been reported myself.

[mav_arsh]

yep! 

 

[CloseKoR]

I didn’t know the best place to put this, but just got a notification for one of those BS Tesla crypto streams, I clicked on it, and it directed me to the LTT channel, but a LOT of the info has been changed to seem legitimate, attached the best screen shot I could grab to represent what I meant. 
 

Hopefully someone is having a really early morning this morning at LTT… 

 

Good thing I have floatplane

[Elijah Kamski]

Dude absolutely rip XD

[betav17]

They Jst started Another LIVE 

 

OLD VIDEOS ARE DISAPPERARING 

might made them private

Edited March 23, 2023 by betav17

[Peteh]

Yep and now their videos are getting either deleted or are being made private ...

[Aronstone17]

what is currently doing

 

 

 

[Jam Rocket]

Are they at work at this time? Can someone get one of them out of bed?

[Needfuldoer]

F 

Hopefully YouTube support can fix this, and put the deleted content back up without losing the metrics.

 

At least we'll always have FloatPlane.

 

@Alpha XVIVLGR Foods? I see you too are a person of culture.  

[BlackSpectrum]