Linus Tech Tips, Tech Quickie, Tech Linked channels hacked

[Drazil100]

1 minute ago, cmjchrisjones said:

He said the other day he does, I believe it was on last weeks WAN show he said they have 2 "onsite" copies, another copy and a 4th copy backed up BackBlaze as another offsite. so 4 copies of data. It'll probably take a while to restore unless YouTube can do a point in time restore which should in theory be a lot quicker than having to reupload everything

This happens ALL the time on youtube. I have seen other channels that have gone through this. It should be easy to revert the changes. There is no way that LTT is going to have to reupload (and I doubt they would if they did have to as it would hurt their standing in the algorithm).

[Doobeedoo]

This sucks, some mad miner probably.

[Waifu4Life]

All the more reasons for Crypto to be outlawed worldwide.

[OperationNeptune]

Definitely a suprise to be sure, big rip tho

[GorujoCY]

Just now, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

Hope the team can get this sorted out, just shows it's a matter of when not if, when it comes to getting hacked!

they are in contact and damage control mode, so sooner rather than later I guess

[Arcanekitten]

Just now, BondiBlue said:

That's better. My Floatplane account is tied to my old LTT forum account for reasons, so if I want to sign in on the app I have to change my default browser on my phone to a second browser, sign in through LTT with my old account, and then change it back. 

Oh believe me, I also have this kinda. I sign into the floatplane website via the forum and then the forum via steam. However this is not supported through the IOS app. It's kinda ironic to do, just clicking sign in via three times. Can't change now due to the grandfathered perk either.

[fun_two]

So, do we all move to Floatplane?

[LCII]

This has obviously happened to other large channels in the last year e.g. Corridor Crew and it's unfortunate that the proper tools are not provided by Google to prevent such incidents, as they are indeed preventable.

 

I hope Linus and the team can mitigate the damage of current situation in short order and push Google to implement more robust security protocols going forward. These are multi million dollar businesses with many dependent employees and the systems in place need to reflect that.

[pcislocked]

7 minutes ago, Preske said:

no, it is the techlinked channel, but video's from tesla show up. How does that even work.

you can put single playlists in "shelves", the sections in your main channel page you can edit, at youtube studio > customization > layoutts i

 

When you press the add button, these are your options, and you can move them around.

 

So they add original tesla channel's playlists to make it seem like the channel they are editing/hijacking is legit.

Edited March 23, 2023 by pcislocked

[Prariedog13]

14 minutes ago, Jurta said:

for the hackers to get all donated money, they'd have to swap out the linked bank account in the channel's adsense for theirs. i doubt they'd be getting anything from this

It's not a bad Idea for one person to do it with the minimum amount just so it shows up, probably just doesn't need multiple people -- although I like the lttstore promotion. It also says that it is restricted to allow only subscribers of 15 years -- youtube should change that so you can't limit comments to subscribers who have been 'subscribed' longer than the channel has been around.

[CommanderAlex]

Are the forums affected and users should change their passwords?? I know I haven't been able to login at all this morning due to high server load message. 

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

1 minute ago, GorujoCY said:

they are in contact and damage control mode, so sooner rather than later I guess

Aye, looks like they changed the name again

 

[Mikezz]

This video is pretty informative for people interested in what might have happened.

[CSwords]

Do we know if our details are safe regarding email address and passwords for things like this forum and Floatplane? I'm no cybersecurity expert (or novice), but if their network is vulnerable couldn't they get access to forum & floatplane account information?

[GorujoCY]

1 minute ago, CommanderAlex said:

Are the forums affected and users should change their passwords?? I know I haven't been able to login at all this morning due to high server load message. 

no the forums is safe, it was a Technically Denial of Service due to a lot of users jumping in to the LTT forums

[Needfuldoer]

See the latest from ShortCircuit, ShortCircuit, ShortCircuit, or ShortCircuit!

 

Spoiler

 

[Dormany]

I saw tesla live in my subscription list, and thought I was going mad. Pretty sure I never followed them lol.

I pressed unfollow on 2 channels with those live videos, guess it was LTT and tech quickie?

Edited March 23, 2023 by Jericho-X

[Daash]

is it just me or has the techlinked channel been filled with tesla playlists, like how lmao

[GorujoCY]

Just now, CSwords said:

Do we know if our details are safe regarding email address and passwords for things like this forum and Floatplane? I'm no cybersecurity expert (or novice), but if their network is vulnerable couldn't they get access to forum & floatplane account information?

 

Just now, GorujoCY said:

no the forums is safe, it was a Technically Denial of Service due to a lot of users jumping in to the LTT forums

 

[Ethan_Hohl]

2 minutes ago, the_importer said:

All the more reasons for Crypto to be outlawed worldwide.

And how would this help preventing scams? 

Google gift cards should be outlawed, too, by this type of logic.

Especially cash money and gold is used extensively for criminal activities worldwide.

Why not outlaw all of this and go back to trading food or things directly in exchange?

 

...just kidding

[WickedLightning08]

Just now, CommanderAlex said:

Are the forums affected and users should change their passwords?? I know I haven't been able to login at all this morning due to high server load message. 

I think there's something wrong with the forums too. I just logged in and got this message which wasn't there yesterday

 

 

I got the Tesla notification but didn't pay too much attention to it.

[GorujoCY]

Just now, Needfuldoer said:

See the latest from ShortCircuit, ShortCircuit, ShortCircuit, or ShortCircuit!

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

or perhaps, mac adreess and channel super fun (cat tips for those veterans too)

 

[Shawn3]

Just in case anyone was trying to flag anyone at LTT, safe to say they know and are working on it.

 

 

Edit: They also put a post on Floatplane about it

[Jammy Dodger]

3 minutes ago, fun_two said:

So, do we all move to Floatplane?

About 100 people have in the last 10-15 mins alone!

[Prariedog13]

1 minute ago, pcislocked said:

you can put single playlists in "shelves", the sections in your main channel page you can edit. 

When you press the add button, these are your options, and you can move them around.

 

So they add original tesla channel's playlists to make it seem like the channel they are editing/hijacking is legit.

They edited it to make the videos legit but couldn't get the right photo.

They use the same darker red with the tesla lettering every time a channel gets hacked -it's a dead giveaway every time.