I hate how YT refuses to fix this ongoing crypto hacking problem but jumps on making completely unnecessary changes to the site while also making people pay for premium

@pencilcheck

3 ай бұрын

this has to do with how browser stores cookies and how google recognize your computer as safe devices to login to. they are able to bypass a lot of stuff with social engineering and steal those cookies and impersonate. I have a feeling they uses scripts to automate this, because they shouldn't be able to do this on a different computer in a different area. meaning the script does all the switching in a split seconds on Andre's computer. I don't think any company can avoid this, this is more on the user's mistake than on the company.

@PotatoToon

3 ай бұрын

@@pencilcheck I think it could be more of a browser issue, by default the browser should not allow any of this if possible. This is a massive security problem and blaming the user all the time doesn't solve the issue. Most people use the default browser the PC comes with, 99% of PC users probably doesn't even know what an adblocker is, nevermind trying to understand cookies and all. It should be the job of the browser to ensure that running a program on your computer doesn't just run a bunch of scripts in your browser like that. I'm no expert in cybersecurity but even more so is the average internet user and there should be measures to avoid this.

@pencilcheck

3 ай бұрын

@@PotatoToonI don't know the details, my guess is that they are able to launch the browser in the back, and somehow gain access to it. Keep in mind Andre isn't technical, so he probably missed some details that are crucial to determine the real cause.

@Gramini

3 ай бұрын

@@pencilcheck No need to start the browser in the background. The relevant information (cookies, local storage, etc.) of a browser are stored in files. It's as simple as sending a file.

@Gramini

3 ай бұрын

@@PotatoToon Not sure if the browser can do anything to "not allow" this. How would a browser differentiate between justified and malicious usage? The information are stored in regular files, so the malware just needs to read a file, without any interaction with the browser whatsoever.

This happened to Nathaniel Bandy a while back too. Glad to have you back.

@manuelrubio5943

3 ай бұрын

And Abdallahsmash026 in 2022.

@pedrogarcia5932

3 ай бұрын

And Did You Know Gaming last year

@chacho109

3 ай бұрын

And Joel G

@major-minor

3 ай бұрын

And @ExploringWithNug

@Chaos89P

3 ай бұрын

And one of Relax Alax's secondary channels, and Memology 101, although I think they were after a secondary channel of his.

So glad you guys are safe!

Pro tip don't have your personal and work be the same email address.

I saw their stream pop up in my subscription page, knew instantly someone had been hacked because of the same thing happening to Nathaniel Bandy a while ago. Figured out it was you from the community page. That sucks! You didn’t deserve that at all! This video is great, spreading the word.

I knew someone I was subbed to got hacked. I was wondering who it was.

@meleegaming101

3 ай бұрын

Same. Now we know.

@SuperMagicUnderwear

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was like, "Ah, shit, no one I watch would willingly shill this shit."

@thecreatorofpc7929

3 ай бұрын

I figured it out cause of the community tab.

You're not the only one who had to go through this. Nathaniel Bandy suffered the same fate 2 years ago when his channel was hacked

@heavydonkeykong5190

3 ай бұрын

Same people right?

@dannylopez3653

3 ай бұрын

@@heavydonkeykong5190 Yeah

@matthewLkidder

3 ай бұрын

Dang its been that long, wow.

@mariajimenafigueroa233

3 ай бұрын

​@@dannylopez3653 Didn't DidYouKnowGaming also got hacked last year?

@Chaos89P

3 ай бұрын

​@@mariajimenafigueroa233Likely by the very same turds.

It’s good to have you back!

I'm really sorry that you got hacked. At least your okay now. It's Great to see you back. ❤

Kudos for the transparency here. As someone who does work in the cybersecurity space, I have major respect for those who actually admit when these things happen rather than attempting to cover it up or gloss over it with as few details as possible. It really can (and DOES) happen to anyone, even to those who work in cybersecurity. It's great to see some of the channels I follow sharing "lessons learned" or "what I should have noticed" in an effort to bring awareness to others.

Always sucks waking up to one of my subscriptions being hacked. Glad you guys are back!

I find it interesting that every time this happens, the crypto hackers always seem to ignore the community page.

It feels like scammers are running rampant lately. Unfortunately, I fell victim to one on Discord almost 3 weeks ago, and I still haven't gotten word from Discord support about it at all. After looking into things, I've learned that Discord support isn't that great, so my faith in getting it back is rather low, but we'll see. I'm glad you managed to get your account back, though.

@broshigames

3 ай бұрын

Sadly I don't think you'll be getting it back. A big KZreadr lost his a while back and not even he got it back, and he had to make a new account. I would make your new account now if I were you

@OtaruBlythe

3 ай бұрын

@broshigames I hate to think the same way, but you're probably right. Luckily, I made a new one way before this happened. The only issue is that I have some friends that I have no way of getting in contact with thanks to this because I only have them on my main account, and I've forgotten their usernames. It sucks

@waltermh111

2 ай бұрын

​@@OtaruBlythegood luck, hopefully they can find you again. I actually always think about acting up my friend usernames and all my accounts because sometimes you just lose your account for any number of reasons and want to be able to get a hold of them on any new account you create. Maybe screenshot and save in a folder somewhere. But it is one paranoia of mine. Especially when you know how easy it is to get banned on any platform these days.

When I saw that one notification, I was like "Oh no, _not again..."_

@Jhonka411

3 ай бұрын

🎵 Who's the girl next door living in the haunted mansion? 🎵

Wait, you were hacked? This is why I hate crypto currency.

@DigiPen92

3 ай бұрын

They were been hacked yesterday. I did saw MicroStrategy hacker had hacked other popular KZreadrs like Nathaniel Bandy had gotten this last year for example. MicroStrategy is pretty much hacking the KZread content in the past before GameXplain got hacked.

@matthewLkidder

3 ай бұрын

Real bad look for crypto, its why it never takes off.

@Videogameboy1989

3 ай бұрын

At least you said it here and not on Twitter/X, just mentioning cryptocurrency on there would attract unwanted mentions from various users who uses Cryptocurrency, or users who were hacked to promote cryptocurrency.

@mathieul4303

3 ай бұрын

What you're saying is like hating a show because you see people talking about it everywhere 😐 I hate scammers, not crypto

@BrendanP

3 ай бұрын

What's most suspicious is the scam asking you to download a second PDF for a contract. Wouldn't a reputable potential sponsor just include the PDF in the email attachments as a standalone document, and not hide it within something else?

Glad everything is okay

That sounds scary, these scams do ruin small and big youtubers 😨 I'm glad ur ok and we need a safer community for every youtuber cuz they work hard to create content.

@ShortMiao

3 ай бұрын

The targets are mostly bigger KZreadrs.

@Tearintime

3 ай бұрын

They don’t really “ruin” them. They do usually cost them subs most of the time

I didn't know you guys got hacked, glad you got it back man

Worst default ever in Windows: Hiding known file extensions (such as EXE or PDF) in Explorer.

@Gramini

3 ай бұрын

Together with being able to execute any file based on their extension.

I'm happy that you gotten your account back, i was like not again, sucks that it keeps happening.

Dang, that email scam was the cause MicroStrategy hacking popular KZreadrs. Thanks for warning us what’s going on and what to avoid in our emails.

@Gramini

3 ай бұрын

Any indication that MicroStrategy was indeed the bad actor? It was just a malicious actor using that name, not the actual MicroStrategy...

@toumabyakuya

3 ай бұрын

@@Gramini If this had happened only once or twice? Yeah, I would be with you there. But 5+ times by now? Over a span of years? Yeah, no, I see flags already. If they had nothing to do with this then why aren't they trying to stop it? This hurts them as much as it hurts those that actually get hacked.

@Gramini

3 ай бұрын

@@toumabyakuya Because nothing prevents people from writing arbitrary things. I can also tell you that "I am company XYZ and you can give me your money".

@toumabyakuya

3 ай бұрын

@@Gramini Again, the problems here are how many times this has happened, for how long it has been going on and how little MicroStrategy has done to actually clear our doubts.

@Gramini

2 ай бұрын

@@toumabyakuya And also again from me, there is nothing MicroStrat or any other can do against it in this regard. You cannot stop random people from writing arbitrary text.

Not the 7th Switch anniversary I was expecting

That explains the SUPER sketchy notifications I got yesterday. So glad you guys are back!

Man I am glad you back thank god your channel is safe.

The samething happend to Nathaniel Bandy and thankfully he got his his channel back. Glad you guys got it back so quickly.

I can imagine the horror and burning faced panic opening up that "second PDF" to be greeted with "nothing" was like, we've all been there at SOME point I swear, time to REST EASY and get a good night sleep now Andre 🙏

Im so glad your back, i knew these scammers are gonna do something worse, these scammers needs to be stopped

Glad to see you have the channel back. I recommend using a device only for business mails, not the one you use for your KZread channel, that way they don't get your sensitive informations leaked

Good to see you got the channel back real fast.

the way i knew it was your channel when it was happening was i looked at the channel and all of your community posts were still up

Glad you're back, I saw it and immediately started searching to find out which channel got hacked (another channel I follow got hacked a few months ago) then I reported the video stating the account was hijacked.

I’m glad you guys are back!

Happy to see you back. Looking forward to the coverage.

Glad you managed to get your account back! I can't imagine how stressful it is to lose everything even if just for a few hours...

Great to have you guys back

You’re back!! Excellent!! I’m glad I didn’t lose one of the first channels I ever subscribed to

It’s really sad you had to go through that. I’m glad you guys were able to recover the channel. Losing all of that you built over people who want to cause nasty trouble like this is scary. The scammers are always trying to come up with new ways to catch people off guard including myself through scam calls, emails, and even job applications it’s so bad. Wishing everyone the best of luck on the internet.

glad the channel is back!! ya scary how it happens. even if u dont click a link somehow they can take the channel. youtube make the security more tight plz. 😟

I'm so glad you recovered your channel. This happened to another content creator last month that I watch by the name of The Scoundrel's Cantina. He is a star wars channel and what happened to him is similar to what happened to you here but he hasn't explained it like you did here. This also happened to Nathaniel Bandy years back. I'll be watching this video because I have been paranoid about this happening to me. I'm so stressed thinking about it lmao

Good to have you back, guys!

So sorry you went through that. Rooting for you guys to get back in to the swing of things in due time.

Glad you were able to get the channel back. I remember they did the same thing to Did You Know Gaming and it sucks

I am so sorry that y'all got hacked. I was scammed as well, and it was such a tragic experience. Hope y'all get all that you work for back.

Aww I'm sorry you guys were hacked! I'm so very glad you guys are okay! It's great to have you back! 🤗

Oh man sorry to hear they got you too Andre. Glad you got everything back quickly. The same hack happened to me about a year ago with a fake Silksong sponsorship email. KZread's support helped me pretty quickly get my account access back. But still super stressful! Thanks for spreading the word and giving tips to avoid these kinds of hacks!

Thank you for sharing your experience. It is very brave and kind to explain this whole situation and I can't imagine how stressful it must have been. I happy you were able to get you YT channel back.

Im glad you're back! no one would like to be hacked and its really one of the worst things to happen, appreciate that you gave tips regarding this!

Glad you guys got your channel back

Glad you’re back now. Thanks for the tips too, André, I’ll take every note of it whenever I’m checking my Gmail.

Use only business emails if you wanna use for business for reasons like that god forbid if your personal email got hacked you get your accounts compromised like Netflix or KZread or whatever

@GamexplainReal I am Super Glad to see you guys have returned because you guys are one of my Gaming News sources about upcoming Nintendo Directs and any other Video Game News to be heard.

Glad that you got your channel back. I also got hacked too, and let me tell you. Getting hacked is not fun. I had my email hacked, I had my Twitch account hacked, I had my steam account hacked, and I had my Microsoft account hacked. All everything at once. I went through the weirdest hell in order to get everything back. I got everything back expect for my Microsoft account. I'll make sure that this will never happen again 😮‍💨

Good grief. The fact that this happened alone gets me furious AF, but I also need to ask the bigger question (which I won't stop asking until I get my answer): *WHY?! Why would monsters like those go to such diabolical, inhuman extremes in the first place?!*

So sorry this happened dude! Thank goodness the channel is back. I’ve downloaded a few PDFs for sponsorships, thank you so much for sharing this.

So good to have you back 🎉🎉🎉

Well dang, that whole situation sounds like it really sucked. Glad you guys are back

Thank god you guys are back. GameXPlain was the first channel I ever subscribed to on KZread way back before 2014, and I would’ve been crushed if the channel was gone.

Man... so sorry this happened Andre. Something similar happened to Bandy but no idea if it's the same group. So awful.

I am so glad you guys are back and everything is now safe 🙂, I am very sorry you all had to go through this 😔

I had a feeling it was the same hsck thst happened to Linus. Glad you guys are back

Must be hard to go through all of that trouble!! I would feel the same way. Glad you are good now, though.

These Hackers Are Scary, glad to have you back 🎉

Ive heard about this kind of stuff happen. Sorry that happened. Its very sickening for the devils who performed such a despicable action.

Was wondering what all the weird videos in my subscription feed were. Assumed I had subbed to a weird channel a long time ago and they just popped back up. Glad I didn't bother with unsubbing and that y'all are back!

I knew that was happen with Fake Sponsorship offers that cause lot of trouble that going leave off guard. Glad you back to regain your channel.

This was actually the first time I saw a channel get hacked. Funny thing is I wasn't confused about subscribing to a crypto channel I just went "Oh god who was hacked?" And noticed the community tab and checked

Dang thanks for also helping us!

Glad to see you guys back up and running, please take your time to recover your channel and wish you guys all the best!

Bah that was dumb that happened to you guys but I'm glad you guys are back now

I'm so sorry that you guys have went through this. I was one of the subscribers that saw the crypto live stream on my subscription feed and was confused.

I didn’t know this would happen! Not just your channel, but other KZread channels are also having the same issue from both big and small. I hope those hackers would learn their lesson. Glad you’re back Andre and the rest of the GX crew!

Glad your back I was wondering where your guide for games went?

@GameXplain

3 ай бұрын

They should be back up soon! :)

That explains a lot, fun lil detail I come to this channel every mornings when I eat my breakfast with my morning coffee, I noticed the other day it was saying error 404 and I was very concerned as to why. I'm glad to see you guys back! It's unfortunate that this happened seriously!

Sorry this happened to you. Glad you got it fixed now and hope you get some good rest.

I was un subbed and I don’t even remember seeing your channel go through this and un subbing, but I’ve re subbed now. Holy rip did that must have been terrifying. Hopefully you can continue to recover from this smoothly. You have my wishes

@eagc7

3 ай бұрын

A little tip if anotehr crypto video shows up in your feed, go to the channel community tab, that is how i realized oh sh** GameXplain got hacked.

Oh my gosh, I'm so so glad you were able to get the channel back immediately! Hacking is just terrible tbh. Espically as what you said in the video with all types of fake links/scams going on online. I'm sorry you and the GX crew had to go through that. I'm more happy that the channel is safely back though! 🔥❤️

Its great to have you back. You guys have been my go to channel for all videogame related news for a few years now. I couldn't imagine going somewhere else for legitimate gaming news. Keep it up! 👍

That's nuts! I'm so sorry this happened, those just are major jerk.

Glad you got the channel back and thank you on your advice on preventing it to help others.

I am subscribed to yet another KZreadr whom this happened to but neither in his or Linus' case I could hear out how exactly things happened. Nice PSA from you, hope you keep your channel safe from now on.

Glad you recovered the account Thanks for the tips too

Still subscribed to you. I'm glad you got your channel back.

Ugh sorry Andre. Im glad you got you got it back. We love your content!! Much love for you all from Philadelphia

I'm going to share this video to other KZreadrs so they can know how to be safe as well

Glad the GX crew is back andre, hope you didnt lose too many subs from these shenanigans

I'm so happy you got your channel back

Nice to see you again. I HATE SCAMMERS!!

@TheOswards306

2 ай бұрын

Same here!

Thanks for sharing the tips to avoid this happening!

I’m happy this whole situation was resolved, while there’s still things to get fixed, I know you guys will do your best! I look forward to the future of analysis, fun chaotic streams, discussions and more! I’ll be there always 💙❤️

So sorry it happened to you guys. I hope you get it all back soon.

Dude, I was very confused on why I was subbed to someone that I did not recognize until this video. I'm glad that you guys got everything back.

I’m really sorry that you got hacked! But welcome back! :)

I’ve seen this happen a multitude of times over the years, I am glad you guys had a safe landing after that experience.

You're so real for this Andre, hearts out to you sharing your experience with this struggle. Among you and you're crew this is what makes Gamexplain one of my favorite KZread channels. ❤

The only reason I figured out it was GameXplain was a Windwaker video from 12 years ago lol

I didn't even know you guys got hacked, glad to see you got control of it back! You're kinda my main source of gaming info.

So glad you’re back Gamexplain! I was worried about what was happening to you after that crypto hack! Nathaniel Bandy fell victim to this crypto scam 2 years ago! So hopefully this won’t happen to you guys or any other KZreadr again! 🙏

Really enjoyed the part about how some people have been around the internet for years, so we should be able to be smarter than scams like this. All it takes is one slip up - and scammers like these are getting more and more inventive and authentic looking as well. Nothing to be ashamed of, hindsight is always 20/20, but a great (if horrifying) wake up call to always be on guard as much as possible.

I am sorry about that. No one should hack your channel. Your channel is awesome

Glad this video popped up- I got a notification and didn't remember subbing and unsubscribed. Happy to see the problem was fixed (And Resubbed)