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Sep 23, 2019 · To pull off a hijacking, the hackers perform aggressive phishing operations towards the YouTube account they’re interested in. The account owner will typically receive a phishing-style email ...
Oct 20, 2021 · Since at least 2019, hackers have been hijacking high-profile YouTube channels. Sometimes they broadcast cryptocurrency scams, sometimes they simply auction off access to the account.Now, Google ...
Oct 21, 2021 · According to Google, after all that work, hackers were able to sell the accounts for anywhere from $3 to $4,000. While that feels relatively cheap to get a YouTube account with a good number of ...
- Mitchell Clark
Oct 22, 2021 · According to Google’s report, its teams have “decreased the volume of related phishing emails on Gmail by 99.6% since May 2021,” and blocked 1.6 million messages, more than 62,000 phishing ...
- Brendan Hesse
Oct 21, 2021 · The campaign, apparently being carried out by hackers recruited in a Russian-speaking forum, uses "fake collaboration opportunities" to attract YouTubers, then hijacks their channel using a "pass ...
- Andy Chalk
Jul 1, 2024 · Nothing could be further from the truth, however, with the threat becoming even more acute where the accounts were not protected by two-factor authentication (2FA) or where attackers circumvented ...
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Oct 20, 2021 · The attack exploits how YouTube creators often place a contact email address in their channel to solicit advertising deals. The hackers will craft a phishing email impersonating an existing ...
