--- title: How hackers took over Linus Tech Tips | daily.dev description: The Verge YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips and two other YouTube channels have been restored after a major hack allowed a bad actor to do things like livestream... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-hackers-took-over-linus-tech-tips-i5chsore7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How hackers took over Linus Tech Tips | daily.dev og:description: The Verge YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips and two other YouTube channels have been restored after a major hack allowed a bad actor to do things like livestream... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-hackers-took-over-linus-tech-tips-i5chsore7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/i5chSore7.png og:image:alt: How hackers took over Linus Tech Tips og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How hackers took over Linus Tech Tips **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 2 min read · 86 upvotes · 17 comments ## Summary The Verge YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips and two other YouTube channels have been restored after a major hack allowed a bad actor to do things like livestream crypto scam videos, change channel names, and even delete videos. In a new video, owner Linus Sebastian explains that the breach bypassed things like password and two-factor protections. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jabe** · 5 upvotes > I have my respect to Linus for taking responsibilities and not using the employees as a scapegoat. **@perchant** · 2 upvotes > This was really common attack. **@bonaogeto** · 2 upvotes > Crazy **@parthanon** · 2 upvotes > Social engineering++ **@p0k3rf4c3d** · 1 upvotes > Seems like phishing will always be effective. --- Tags: [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers), [#future](https://daily.dev/tags/future), [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-hackers-took-over-linus-tech-tips-i5chsore7) ```json 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