Linus Tech Tips

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Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel hacked to promote Elon Musk ... (Dexerto)

The Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel has been hacked, and is now under a different handle, promoting crypto scam videos featuring Elon Musk.

It appears as though the LTT-affiliated channel, TechQuickie, has also been compromised, and is posting the same video under a different name. “Regarding the YouTube channel hack, we are on top of it with Google’s team now,” Linus said. It appears as though the previously deleted videos are now in the process of being restored by YouTube itself. Though, in the chat, a link to a presumably malicious “Crypto Giveaway” is present. The latter stream has been taken down after around 20 minutes of broadcasting. The first stream went down after around 35 minutes of broadcasting.

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Linus Tech Tips YouTube Channel Banned After Being Hijacked By ... (Hot Hardware)

Hackers falsely used images of Elon Musk and the Tesla brand in an attempt to promote the fake crypto giveaway.

The fake crypto giveaway had the telltale signs of many other scam giveaways, in that the hackers were promising large payouts in return for smaller amounts of crypto being sent first. Linus acknowledged that he was aware of the hack on Twitter around 8:30am EST this morning. The Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel fell victim to hackers overnight, with the attackers using it to promote a fake crypto giveaway.

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Linus Tech Tips YouTube Channel Hacked to Promote Crypto Scams (Tom's Hardware)

Linus Tech Tips was hacked earlier today, with channel names and branding messed up, and video promoting crypto scams published. Affected LTT channels are ...

The Bitcoin giveaway scam appeared to be phishing for people to reveal their crypto wallet details, reassured by a big brand like LTT and Tesla. After publishing some scam videos and streams, control of the account was regained by the rightful owners, only to fall again to the hackers. [Linus Tech Tips](https://www.youtube.com/linustechtips) has been hacked and is unavailable at the time of publishing.

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Popular YouTube Channel Linus Tech Tips Pulled After Scammer ... (Kotaku)

The channel featured an Elon Musk cypto ad before it went dark.

[an advertising platform](https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/3/23193668/british-army-youtube-twitter-accounts-hacked-promote-crypto-scam-fraud) for cryptocurrency. [Save all week longDiscover Samsung Event Week-Long Deals](https://events.release.narrativ.com/api/v0/client_redirect/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samsung.com%2Fus%2F%3Fnrtv_cid%3D.nrtv_plchldr.%26cid%3Dopmc-ecomm-nrtiv-PC-042720-142005-theinventory-16882677%26utm_source%3Dtheinventory%26utm_medium%3Dnarrativ%26utm_campaign%3D16882677%26utm_content%3DPC%26nrtv_as_src%3D1&a=1803165999824740673&uuid=8eb737ff-3a3e-4ade-b99e-1c0aa90f781b&uid_bam=1776733735329660107&ar=1803166491405047855) [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/23/23653115/linus-tech-tips-youtube-hack-crypto-scam), the hacker accessed Linus Sebastian’s account earlier this morning. [15 million followers](https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/23/23653115/linus-tech-tips-youtube-hack-crypto-scam) on the platform. Kotaku reached out to YouTube to ask if they had delisted the account and what safety measures they provide creators to safeguard their accounts but did not receive a response as of publication time. Some private videos on the channel were made public, though it’s [ambiguous](https://gizmodo.com/linus-tech-tips-youtube-elon-musk-crypto-hacker-1850256438) whether this was done by YouTube staff or the scammer themselves.

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Linus Tech Tips YouTube Channel Is Down After Crypto Scammer ... (Gizmodo)

The channel with 15 million subscribers was live streaming Elon Musk-themed videos, one of which was a crypto scam.

And you can always see the most recent Gizmodo news stories at [gizmodo.com/latest](https://gizmodo.com/latest). Regardless, [youtube.com/user/linustechtips](https://www.youtube.com/user/linustechtips) has now seemingly been scrubbed from YouTube completely. This article is part of a developing story. Channels belonging to The hacked profile was originally live streaming at least videos featuring a thumbnail with Elon Musk. Famed YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hacked and destroyed.

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Tesla Scammers Hack Linus Tech Tips, One Of YouTube's Largest ... (Carscoops)

Scammers renamed popular YouTube channels as "Tesla" in a crypto phishing attempt.

[Linus Tech Tips channel](https://www.carscoops.com/2022/08/ignore-the-amazon-reviews-all-dashcams-are-virtually-the-same/) featured Elon Musk discussing cryptocurrency with Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter. It appears two identical streams were broadcast, with a malicious “Crypto Giveaway” offer promised, which would likely have been a phishing attempt for crypto wallet details. YouTube and Google appear to have been battling against such bad actors for a while, with multiple channels being hacked to promote misleading scams to millions of users. [](https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hgjkghjghjhgj.jpg) [](https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/23e32.jpg) Linus Tech Tips and its associated channels focus on examining computer hardware upgrades, gaming, and even dabbled in the odd car review. Meanwhile, other LMG channels, including Techquickie and TechLinked, had been breached and renamed with a focus on the automaker Tesla.

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Linus Tech Tips YouTube Hacked by Crypto Scammers, Channel ... (HYPEBEAST)

Amidst a market full of shills, the world of cryptocurrency has seen a recent uptick in crypto scams as the concept of decentralized digital currency still ...

Although Linus Media Group has not officially responded to the hack, a [cryptocurrency](https://hypebeast.com/tags/cryptocurrency) has seen a recent uptick in crypto scams as the concept of decentralized digital currency still remains new to many. The scammers ran several livestreams centered around Elon Musk and Bitcoin, while making private videos public and deleting a vast amount of popular videos on the channel.

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Linus Tech Tips YouTube Account Hacked to Promote Crypto Scams (MakeUseOf)

The popular YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hacked, with live streams of crypto scam videos being uploaded by attackers.

The scam videos uploaded cannot be accessed currently, suggesting that YouTube has worked to stop the hackers in their tracks. Attempts to search for the channel result in a YouTube 404 error page. In the British Army channel hack, cryptocurrency scams were once again promoted by malicious actors. It also seems that the malicious actors responsible for the hack have uploaded de-listed Linus Tech Tips videos. Along with the main channel, two other Linus Media Group channels, TechLinked and Techquickie, were hacked. The uploaded videos feature Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, discussing cryptocurrency with the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey.

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Linus Tech Tips explains how YouTube channel got hacked for ... (Dexerto)

YouTube star Linus Tech Tips has explained how his YouTube channels managed to get hacked and deleted, without the hackers going after his passwords.

Giving them effectively an exact copy of those browsers on the target machine that they could export including, that’s right, session tokens for every logged-in website.” It was an innocent enough mistake for the most part. “Someone on our team downloaded what appeared to be a sponsorship offer from a potential partner.

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Linus Tech Tips restored after crypto scam hack (Digital Trends)

The Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel, along with several related channels, have been restored after being hijacked by crypto scammers.

The main Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel retained its logo and badge, but the other smaller channels had their logo changed to a Tesla logo. YouTube has seen an uptick in hackings from crypto scammers over the past year, and the company has yet to implement any features to mitigate the problem. LMG isn’t the first to experience this type of hack. Some of the artists include Kendrick Lamar and Drake. After all three channels were brought back, the main Linus Tech Tips channel released a video explaining what happened. The main Linus Tech Tip YouTube channel, which has amassed over 15 million subscribers, went offline on Thursday, as did the TechQuickie and TechLinked channels.

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Who is Linus Tech Tips? YouTube channel hack sparks hilarious ... (Sportskeeda)

Linus Tech Tips is a popular tech-based YouTube channel operated by the founder and CEO of Linus Media Group, Linus Gabriel Sebastian.

As it happens, the recent hacking of Linus Sebastian's channels, especially of Linus Tech Tips, were a shocker for his subscribers. “Regarding the YouTube channel hack, we are on top of it with Google’s team now. Linus Tech Tips is a popular tech-based YouTube channel operated by the founder and CEO of Linus Media Group, Linus Gabriel Sebastian. For his efficient performance, he was offered a position at the Richmond head office by the company president and was asked to take care of the company website’s system configurations. Sebastian left NCIX in 2012 to start a company of his own. However, the account was hacked on Thursday, March 23, shocking subscribers and followers as they wondered how a highly secure channel could get hacked.

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Linus Tech Tips Falls Victim To Bitcoin Scam Featuring Elon Musk ... (Benzinga)

Linus Tech Tips,” a popular tech channel hosted by Linus Gabriel Sebastian on Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube with 15.3 million ...

Linus Tech Tips, TechLinked and Techquikie were used to “host these Elon Musk crypto streams” for a couple of hours until YouTube nuked them. A YouTube spokesperson responded to Benzinga's request for comment, saying, “After being alerted by the Linus Tech Tips team that their account was compromised due to unauthorized access, our team investigated the issue and worked with them to secure and restore their account.” The YouTuber said, “The fireworks started a little after 3 in the morning when the Linus Tech Tips account was renamed Tesla and started streaming a podcast-style recording of self-proclaimed Technoking Elon Musk discussing cryptocurrency.”

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