Our YouTube channel got hijacked
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- PG
- vGM
- 25 Dec 2020
All the best guys. I hope everything gets sorted out.
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- Hotkolbas
- 7s3
- 25 Dec 2020
Ouch, that's some nasty work. Hope it all works out but a lot of people do feel the cold shoulder from Google
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- Namrup
- 2FY
- 25 Dec 2020
Sorry to hear that. I wish you could regain your youtube channel.
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- Anonymous
- LHe
- 25 Dec 2020
Don't intend to spill salt on the wound but who ever hijacked the account must have known you had no access to MCN and have assured him/herself you really had no access in order to start digging through YouTube support to target MCN and gain access. It could have been a scam setup from the very get go back in 2015 by YT employee but that's a long shot for someone to wait years hoping channel would monetize real good in order to sell the MCN info to potential hijackers. Ask YouTube if anyone was requesting MCN access or switch within previous two years or so, they probably have that on record.
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- Anonymous
- kZg
- 25 Dec 2020
KimbraMe, 24 Dec 2020So, the SolarWinds hack that has lasted since March affecte... moreThis has nothing to do with SolarWinds. It's like you just saw an article in the news about SolarWinds, then found a YouTube channel you like got hijacked....and somehow decided to attribute one to the other. Lots of YouTube channels get hijacked. Too many financially motivated bad actors out there.
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- Anonymous
- fIP
- 25 Dec 2020
[deleted post]Funny, he only review mainstream phone
Do you want gsmarena only cover like 10 phones per year??
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- Robert Arista
- XR6
- 25 Dec 2020
I have to say, it takes a lot of guts to open up about this and explain the situation to your readers ! Well done guys !
As for youtube, might be time to place your eggs in more then just one basket ?
I have no issues watching you guys on vimeo.com or amazon.
A note, might be time you guys start using 2FA protonmail.com and signal.org.
Best of luck, love your website and content, keep up the great work!
Robert
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- 0xx
- 25 Dec 2020
THE-TRUTH-REVEALER, 24 Dec 2020YouTube expects the world from content creators, but is alw... moreyes you don't have anything to do in your life, speedy return rofl.
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- Anonymous
- Tui
- 24 Dec 2020
Note7 owner, 24 Dec 2020It’s an inside job. Someone with knowledge of your internal... moreof course... cant be anything else but inside job.....
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- Shainy
- Nvp
- 24 Dec 2020
,😱😢
- THE-TRUTH-REVEALER
- 7tV
- 24 Dec 2020
YouTube expects the world from content creators, but is always slow to react/respond to complaints. I feel sorry for GSMArena. A long time fan, I hope for your speedy return and will be following you on other platforms!
Keep up the good work!!!
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- Anoni noni belanda
- txp
- 24 Dec 2020
Ive seen many videos telling that assign a contract with 3rd party group like MCN is not good.
MCN is good for small youtube channel to grow,
but not good for million subscribers channel.
Many scammers !!
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- Obesius
- YH5
- 24 Dec 2020
What a sad state of affairs we are in today. I hope you are able to regain full control of your account soon. I've been visiting your site and reading your articles since 2007 (Samsung SGH U600).
I also hope the criminal is caught and punished.
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- Note7 owner
- k28
- 24 Dec 2020
It’s an inside job. Someone with knowledge of your internal affairs are behind it.
- KimbraMe
- rra
- 24 Dec 2020
So, the SolarWinds hack that has lasted since March affected Google, too? This is d**n serious! You should sue YouTube as I've seen in the comments. How can this tech giant automate everything and lead to a global meltdown of GMS? It's time to ditch Google for me. I can't entirely depend on one tech giant for my needs. Kindly explore you're options, am deeply sorry for the incident.
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- Anonymous
- Kte
- 24 Dec 2020
Legal claim is needed to get that "admin" information".