Linus Tech Tips youtube channels hacked

Started by Legend, Mar 24, 2023, 05:39 PM

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Not really that interesting of a video if you've seen this scam before. TLDW cryptoscammers hack youtube accounts, put on a live stream with Elon Musk, and share a link to a cryptocoin wallet that will supposedly double any money you send it.

It should be trivial for youtube to stop this. It has been a constant scam for years always following the exact same pattern. Just have a very simple script that checks every time a channel's name/pictures are changed and lock the account if it rebrands into a different brand.

Also I can't believe its that easy for spyware to extract passwords and cookies from chrome. That seems like a massive security risk making chrome incredibly unsafe. Websites making tokens expire quicker doesn't make a difference and websites checking location data is just a bandaid.