Linus hacked - account terminated
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https://kotaku.com/linus-tech-tips-elon-musk-hardware-youtube-crypto-scam-1850257599
Linus Tech Tips is one of YouTube’s most popular content creators for tech hardware, with over 15 million followers on the platform. That changed very quickly after the account was hacked by crypto scammers who used it to run Bitcoin ads. The account has now been “terminated,” according to an error page on individual LTT videos.
According to The Verge, the hacker accessed Linus Sebastian’s account earlier this morning. They made several live broadcasts about Elon Musk and Bitcoin. Some private videos on the channel were made public, though it’s ambiguous whether this was done by YouTube staff or the scammer themselves.
The account was eventually deleted, though it’s not clear whether the action was performed by YouTube staff or the hacker themselves. Other hardware accounts under the Linus media conglomerate were also hit, including Techquicke and TechLinked. Kotaku reached out to YouTube to ask if they had delisted the account and what safety measures they provide creators to safeguard their accounts but did not receive a response as of publication time.
LTT fans have noted that almost a decade’s worth of videos were deleted. Sebastian has backed up his old videos using a “Vault” backup system, and is an advocate of using the 3-2-1 method of storing data across multiple storage devices (including one offsite). Kotaku reached out to Sebastian for a comment but did not receive one by the time of publication.
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When the Chinese shut down the internet in the USA does TNCR have a backup plan?
Is Usenet still operating?
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When the Chinese shut down the internet in the USA does TNCR have a backup plan?
Is Usenet still operating?
@Copper said in Linus hacked - account terminated:
When the Chinese shut down the internet in the USA does TNCR have a backup plan?
Is Usenet still operating?
I vote HAM radio.
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When the Chinese shut down the internet in the USA does TNCR have a backup plan?
Is Usenet still operating?
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