Linus Tech Tips

Linus Tech Tips appears to be the latest victim of a cyber attack after his Youtube channel was compromised and taken down.

It will certainly make for an interesting topic of conversation on Linus’s “The WAN Show”. “Regarding the YouTube channel hack, we are on top of it with Google’s team now. It could also cause a knock-on effect on the behind-the-scenes algorithms used by Youtube.

Well-known technology YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hijacked by a malicious actor and is using it to promote a cryptocurrency scam.

Victims searching for a software download may click on the topmost sponsored link in Google and get taken to a fake site that downloads a virus rather than the actual software to their machine. Double-clicking the file causes a malicious program to run and steal private data from the victim’s computer, including YouTube session data from their browser. A fake sponsorship deal culminates with the attacker sending a media pack or video game for the victim to download. The media pack may include a file named something like “Contract for {thing} on Youtube.com”. (Hat tip to the MyBroadband forum community for referencing these solid explanations.) He went on to found Linus Media Group in January 2013 out of a garage. Well-known apps like VLC, 7-Zip, OBS, Rufus, and Notepad++ have been targeted like this. However, .com is a lesser-known Windows executable file extension. The attacker appears to have gained access to the Linus Tech Tips channel and changed the channel handle from Linus Tech Tips is not the only YouTube channel targeted in this way. YouTube Linus Sebastian created the Linus Tech Tips channel in November 2008. At the time of publication, the channel handle had been changed again to @temporaryhandle, with the channel name changed to @LinusTechTipsTemp.

These types of attacks on YouTube channels have become increasingly common. Those responsible look at channels with a large user base to have many potential ...

Linus Tech Tips is one of the most popular technology channels. Sadly, that is also happening now. In this case, even Elon Musk can be seen in the video. Although the scam’s intent may be obvious to some, others might fall for it. During these, hackers often ask viewers for money, promising to return a much larger amount in crypto. Sadly, it seems that Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel has been hacked, and the people responsible for the hack are trying to lure followers into a Bitcoin scam.

Update - 12.07 PM GMT - Based on new information, it appears that the hacking of Linus Media Group YouTube channels remains ongoing, and while the ...

Like any crypto giveaway scams, hackers had asked users to send crypto to the hackers with the promise that a large amount of crypto would be sent back. At this time it is unknown how the Linus Tech Tips channel was hacked, but the good news is that it didn't take long for the channel to be taken back by its rightful owners. Thankfully, the Linus Tech Tips crew has quickly worked to re-establish control of the channel, but not before the channel had started two live streams to promote AI, chat GPT, Bitcoin, and their aforementioned (fake) crypto giveaway.

Linus Tech Tips, one of the most influential tech YouTubers on the platform, as well as its sister channels, TechQuickie, TechLinked have been taken over by ...

The LTT breach was widely tweeted and quickly became one of the hashtags going viral on social media. It seems that the hackers have changed the names of both TechQuickie and TechLinked to Tesla. Linus and his team have over 15 million subscribers on their platform and have made hundreds of videos, with content ranging from reviews to gaming and entertainment setups.

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.

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.

Famed YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hacked and destroyed. The gadget review channel with over 15 million subscribers was spewing Elon.

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. Our writers and editors will be updating this page as new information is released. This article is part of a developing story. 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.

The channel, which has over 15 million subscribers, was streaming two live "BTC" scam videos, according to cybersecurity firm SOS Intelligence. Scammers ...

Upon discovering the hack, Linus Tech Tips immediately addressed the incident, stating that they are "on top of it" with the Google team and are hoping to "harden their security around YouTube accounts and prevent this sort of thing from happening to anyone in the future." [has been hacked](https://twitter.com/SOSIntel/status/1638854630120779776) to promote a cryptocurrency giveaway scam with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The most popular technology-related YouTube channel, Linus Tech Tips,

Linus Tech Tips is one of YouTube's most popular content creators for tech hardware, with over 15 million followers on the platform. That changed.

[an advertising platform](https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/3/23193668/british-army-youtube-twitter-accounts-hacked-promote-crypto-scam-fraud) for cryptocurrency. [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 Sebastian for a comment but did not receive one by the time of publication. 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. Other hardware accounts under the Linus media conglomerate were also hit, including

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.