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  • @CorridorCrew
    @CorridorCrew  Před rokem +17825

    Thanks to everyone who notified us and let us know right away so we could stop this in real time!! That made all the difference.

    • @h1there35
      @h1there35 Před rokem +359

      Next time give us a heads up before u get hacked

    • @demzionmain
      @demzionmain Před rokem +46

      This is absolutely insane, and I am so glad everything is coming back to normal!

    • @graydonhively5909
      @graydonhively5909 Před rokem +21

      Glad the channel is back up and running guys. That's crazy

    • @FriedMonkey362
      @FriedMonkey362 Před rokem +10

      Damm thats crazy...

    • @fwall527
      @fwall527 Před rokem +4

      Good job on having your channel back! :)

  • @TesserLink
    @TesserLink Před rokem +16173

    Corridor is like “jokes on you we are going to monetize your hacking attempt”

  • @Franfran2424
    @Franfran2424 Před rokem +1104

    So lucky that the hacker didn't use the "close session for everyone else from the account".
    You were hacked by a noob, got lucky af Sam was still logged in

    • @h_X_f-
      @h_X_f- Před rokem +5

      @misuyy fong Bot

    • @FOGoticus
      @FOGoticus Před rokem +46

      Nope, it was not a noob. As they mentioned, it was most likely someone testing their knowledge.

    • @Bearical
      @Bearical Před rokem +66

      @@FOGoticus in other words, a noob

    • @FOGoticus
      @FOGoticus Před rokem +5

      @@Bearical Technically correct lmao

    • @CygnusOrb
      @CygnusOrb Před rokem +1

      @@FOGoticus No, it's the same hack that happens on a lot of big channels. It's a crypto scam. Been done dozens of times now. Maybe even hundreds. Not testing anything. Tried and true scam.

  • @nitrobuilder1014
    @nitrobuilder1014 Před rokem +11047

    “We’re so big we got hacked” is such a positive mentality on such a horrific moment and I’m so glad we still get to see more of it.

    • @luvdisneyv
      @luvdisneyv Před rokem +54

      I mean if you're getting bots impersonating you and you get hacked. Now that's an accomplishment
      No but seriously this sucks big time. I'm happy that they got their account back. I'm actually working on an idea in my head and I'm learning thanks to these guys.

    • @st0nedpenguin
      @st0nedpenguin Před rokem +14

      It's pretty funny considering they didn't get hacked and somebody was just an idiot.

    • @The_Jzoli
      @The_Jzoli Před rokem +53

      @@st0nedpenguin Hacking isn't just coding you know. It's also social engineering.

    • @st0nedpenguin
      @st0nedpenguin Před rokem +7

      @@The_Jzoli Yes, and social engineering is different from hacking. Hence it having a different definition.
      The channel was not hacked, somebody was stupid.

    • @buffing8
      @buffing8 Před rokem +14

      @@luvdisneyv he wasnt an idiot, his phone got hacked too

  • @coopercowles5128
    @coopercowles5128 Před rokem +4445

    Corridor Crew: “So, we got hacked…”
    Also Corridor Crew: “…And that’s why we are now sponsored by Nord VPN!”

    • @mw3dbest
      @mw3dbest Před rokem +6

      Lmaoo

    • @thisissaah_4101
      @thisissaah_4101 Před rokem +18

      first it was their sponsor, now it’s their warning

    • @jakobfel2
      @jakobfel2 Před rokem +40

      @@thisissaah_4101 Except VPNs can't actually protect you from hackers except on the very few sites that still don't use SSL encryption lol

    • @mr.dalerobinson
      @mr.dalerobinson Před rokem +4

      @@jakobfel2 You'll have to answer to Nordman™ for that heresy!

    • @jakobfel2
      @jakobfel2 Před rokem +16

      @@mr.dalerobinson Lol in all honesty, I don't typically blame the CZcamsrs who get those sponsorships. Sometimes, they just really don't know what a VPN actually does and I can't fault them for that. I have more issues with the VPN companies themselves for demanding dishonest advertising.

  • @Kizaru3314
    @Kizaru3314 Před rokem +669

    I demand that you guys over-dramatize these events in a high production re-telling, in the style of _Mr. Robot._

    • @monodragon
      @monodragon Před rokem +2

      @misuyy fong why tf would they? it overall loses a lot of money and subscribers and damages their long-term growth.

    • @bl5533
      @bl5533 Před rokem +1

      @@monodragon It’s a bot

    • @ArthurD
      @ArthurD Před rokem

      Isn't it always what people from US do? Overdramatize stuff and making movies based on it?

    • @CZghost
      @CZghost Před rokem

      @@bl5533 Or a moron/kid.

  • @TheAlphaBeast007
    @TheAlphaBeast007 Před rokem +82

    Getting a channel hacked is the worst nightmare a CZcamsr could potentially face. The vibes are giving me chills.

  • @DaTux91
    @DaTux91 Před rokem +4170

    This is a pretty damn good way to deal with the incident: you've essentially turned a hack into an ad for your website. Way to see the silver lining, guys! 😊

    • @bronson4583
      @bronson4583 Před rokem +20

      @Dharric Rolyat thats what an ad does XD

    • @kunjupulla
      @kunjupulla Před rokem +1

      That Christen guy looks sus tbh

    • @hman2912
      @hman2912 Před rokem +1

      Was this a real incident?

    • @Ambar42
      @Ambar42 Před rokem +2

      I at first thought that they'd completely ignore that this happened and just go on with their content.
      Would have been a good way to deal with it, as well, to not give the hackers any attention.

    • @Ambar42
      @Ambar42 Před rokem +4

      @@hman2912 Of course. They wouldn't make a video with such a personal and serious story if it wasn't real.
      Had a lot of Corridor Crew videos still open as tabs from the last weeks and when I wanted to check them out, they were gone. I searched up their channel and it was gone, too.

  • @SoCloseToToast
    @SoCloseToToast Před rokem +6849

    Low key best AD for the website!

    • @VikingTeddy
      @VikingTeddy Před rokem +60

      I was half way through the video before I realised it wasn't a bit they were don't...
      edit: "doing". Autocorrect shenanigans.

    • @aiofkwma
      @aiofkwma Před rokem +9

      @@VikingTeddy what?

    • @w1984t
      @w1984t Před rokem +1

      ​@ResistVR Did your father go to get cigarettes?

    • @KazzieBB
      @KazzieBB Před rokem +23

      @@VikingTeddy Dude just fix the typo, you don't have to announce it to the world. We wouldn't know what you messed and we don't care

    • @VikingTeddy
      @VikingTeddy Před rokem +16

      @@KazzieBB I use edits so that the replies make sense. Otherwise I wouldn't bother, just common courtesy.
      Why does it bother you?

  • @lokifishmarz
    @lokifishmarz Před rokem +58

    This exact same thing happened to a ton of channels a few months back. Same "Micro Strategy", live stream, and hit everything from small channels to ones with millions of subs. Glad to see you guys are back.

    • @jerungbiru55
      @jerungbiru55 Před měsícem

      Monsta channel with 10million subs just got hacked by them

  • @JoBot__
    @JoBot__ Před rokem +36

    I'm so glad that you were able to be so positive about it.

  • @rovko819
    @rovko819 Před rokem +3481

    I'm surprised you guys were able to stay calm and even make jokes out of this, kudos

    • @Relkond
      @Relkond Před rokem +55

      To be fair, you can laugh, or cry. Laughing I think is the better choice.

    • @user-wq9mw2xz3j
      @user-wq9mw2xz3j Před rokem +11

      @@Relkond it's also the human choice. it's totally normal

    • @quntface1518
      @quntface1518 Před rokem +35

      CZcams would never allow such a big channel to go under, they knew they would be okay.

    • @ZoeMuller80
      @ZoeMuller80 Před rokem

      @@Relkond why not both

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious Před rokem

      I just hope CISA is going after these scumbags. Literally putting a wholesome and important business such as this through turmoil.
      Fun fact, the MicroStrategy CEO and it's people are a bunch of alt-right terrorists using crypto to pay their terrorist buddies like proud boys and patriot front. MicroStrategy also pushed anti-vax narratives, pro-trump lies, infowars conspiracy theories, and attacking anyone that isn't a conservative extremist like they are.
      I find it convenient that there are hackers running around hacking others to promote THIS PARTICULAR business. A business based on scamming people through crypto on a company that has gotten in trouble multiple times with the SEC and is in FBI criminal investigations, along with a long history of fraud.
      I'd be absolutely certain that this company is paying hackers to force the promotion of their company. Not to mention this company being involved with dark money connected to republicans pushing the latest big lie. It's hardly a conspiracy these days with all the blatant stereotypes. The CEO even uses alt-right terrorist memes from 4chan on his social media, ffs.
      Let's also address that crypto needs to be illegal (it's already illegal in many countries already). It's nothing more than an easily manipulated volatile market used by the worst criminals to launder and scam with. It's not some miracle newer safer currency, it's the compete opposite. Same with NFTs and all other blockchain technology. It's easily abused.
      It's appalling that google does nothing to block crypto scams and also does nothing about hackers and scammers that use it on their platform. I STILL see crypto bot scam comment chains, google must either not care or not have any control over their platform.

  • @veni1
    @veni1 Před rokem +1867

    I've seen things like this happen to other creators and it always makes me think of how screwed a smaller channel would be, since they wouldn't get that kind of support from youtube staff, but just the fact that you can lose the entire channel and youtube has got your back is insane to me

    • @iota-09
      @iota-09 Před rokem +62

      It can take genuinely weeks to fix in those cases, i've also seen this happen around big channels in italy lately and hell, even my(dead) father's youtube account got hacked on this.
      Shitty people...

    • @itze_
      @itze_ Před rokem +7

      Crinacle lost a 100K channel :/

    • @kiranvnair1133
      @kiranvnair1133 Před rokem +20

      True i lost my channel only had 200 or so subs but still, we spents days editing and making videos and then youtube support cant help us only to lose all that

    • @Raiden_GSXR
      @Raiden_GSXR Před rokem

      @@iota-09 Ok now thats just a bitchy thing somebody can do

    • @floopusdoopus
      @floopusdoopus Před rokem +8

      I know some channels that have practically died from this stuff

  • @r3gret2079
    @r3gret2079 Před rokem +28

    Damn thats scary. Who would have ever though the Crew would have gotten hacked? Glad you got the channel back!

  • @AngeloMichel
    @AngeloMichel Před rokem +13

    Even LTT got hacked just today. So it happens to the best of us. Sad still, of course. Hopefully we can find more secure ways to sign in the future!

  • @grutarg2938
    @grutarg2938 Před rokem +2012

    It makes me feel good that even the Corridor Crew, who I think of as "computer/tech people" have an IT guy. Whenever I call my IT folks, I always feel guilty, like I should understand computers better and be able to solve problems on my own. But really, everyone has specialized knowledge in their own area, and no one can know everything.

    • @ArchIVEDCinema
      @ArchIVEDCinema Před rokem +116

      Oh absolutely. I always feel like I know computers until I talk to an IT person who ACTUALLY knows computers. You don't know what you don't know until you meet someone who does, lol

    • @-----REDACTED-----
      @-----REDACTED----- Před rokem +59

      It’s okay to not understand computers better, that’s perfectly fine.
      But please, for the life of me, listen to the advice of your IT guys.
      They don’t do that just for laughs. We know security and comfort of use are usually diametrically opposed on a spectrum but we do try to keep it on the comfort side for you guys as much as possible without compromising security - because when the proverbial sht hits the fan it does often do so copiously and the race is on.

    • @djosearth3618
      @djosearth3618 Před rokem +13

      All you really need to know is if you hold [CTRL] while using the arrow keys [↔] your cursor jumps between words!! Pro tip: Add holding [Shift] to do fancy highlighting work (helpful for quickly deleting/overtyping/cut/copy/paste text blocks, actually usually lines not 'blocks'..
      Pro pro tip instead of using [CTRL+A] to select all you can select a portion of text in browser, text editor, etc by cursoring [↔] or clicking where you'd like to start (or end if using [Home]) then hold [Shift] and press [End] or [Home]

    • @arcadeinvader8086
      @arcadeinvader8086 Před rokem +36

      @@-----REDACTED----- "You know, you really should be more careful about ______" is just IT speak for "for the love of god stop ________"

    • @spacegerrit9499
      @spacegerrit9499 Před rokem +24

      As an IT guy working in Cyber Security: even we have to call the IT guy sometimes. Anyone in IT who tells you anything different is a liar. But to be fair: thats not for the newb "help, there's a light burning under my mouse" type stuff. More the "why is this PRTG sensor freaking out while everything's fine?" type stuff.

  • @SuccMunkey
    @SuccMunkey Před rokem +2360

    This is why you don't give Markiplier the password guys. The man couldn't even keep a space ship functioning properly

  • @OchiDOHD
    @OchiDOHD Před rokem +3

    This also happened to me once but I recovered the channel the next day.
    I downloaded a supposed Beta of a game that was not released on steam yet. and they were offering a very generous amount money to play it and show it on my CZcams video, and no longer than 2-3 hours my password was changed and all my videos hidden with a crypto scam stream playing on my channel.
    I contacted TeamCZcams on Twitter explaining everything, and they sent me a link to change the channel/email password and that was the end of it.
    I took that as a learning experience, I am way more careful with the emails verifying their website, product, brand...

  • @theperfguy
    @theperfguy Před rokem +43

    I just hope you guys maintain an offline backup of all Videos, in case tomorrow something really drastic happens and CZcams is not able to recover them.
    It sucks to have the additional cost but DR/Backups is something everyone in IT needs to plan for.
    Also, you guys should have 2FA (hopefully with something like Yubikey and not phone as 2nd Auth) and use either password managers or SSO for other logins. Inside job can also be a problem, so better to limit Admin access.

  • @txma.
    @txma. Před rokem +688

    Monetizing someone hacking your channel has to be the biggest “no u” I’ve seen on youtube. Glad you guys were able to keep positive despite the crypto bros taking your channel

    • @unfa00
      @unfa00 Před rokem +3

      Well, they're not getting back all the lost revenue from these days and possible other damage to their brand.

    • @devong1838
      @devong1838 Před rokem +8

      @@unfa00 i think they could mitigate the brand damage pretty well actually and also youre right theyre not making back 3 days of revenue from one upload but they did make a high-engagement video with a lots of views that's only 10 minutes and was lower effort to make than their other content, so it's a good way to mitigate

    • @unfa00
      @unfa00 Před rokem +5

      @@devong1838 It's lost 3 day's revenue from all their content on the channel, not just one video though. That's like 10% of all monthly revenue from ads on CZcams - depending on how much they rely on it that could be a substantial financial hit.

    • @snehajain4334
      @snehajain4334 Před rokem +1

      Oh yeah I was confused at first when I saw the channel but didn't bothered much. Wow this is a surprise.

    • @DreadKyller
      @DreadKyller Před rokem

      @@unfa00 The "one video" was this one. Devon G wasn't saying they only lost the revenue from one video, but that a single video (this one) won't make up for the lost revenue over those 3 days for the channel.

  • @DrMcFly28
    @DrMcFly28 Před rokem +2143

    What irks me personally is that CZcams relies on so many independent and highly authorized AI algorithms yet they don't have one that can actually detect and stop an obvious hack

    • @scottwallbank4794
      @scottwallbank4794 Před rokem +155

      I wouldn't call it an obvious hack. They managed to get past two factor authentication. Just because the location is different, account holder could be on holiday or using a VPN.

    • @TruCloudGaming
      @TruCloudGaming Před rokem +2

      @@scottwallbank4794 A full scale unlisting/deleting of every video on the channel and a 24hr stream appearing + a channel name change all at the same time all in a different country isn't obvious?
      I understand people simp for youtube, but come on. If the programmers behind google's youtube team are that stupid they wouldn't be able to take a shower without drowning.

    • @scottwallbank4794
      @scottwallbank4794 Před rokem +46

      @@TruCloudGaming Simp? Because I think CZcams will reward me for defending them? People don't understand that word.
      It's not obvious in that in went through TFA for an established admin account. You block that account being able to make larger changes, what's the point in that privileged level account?
      We don't even know what was being done with those videos, the channel got pulled before then. They were still there at the time. Again, in the world of VPNs, its not always clear where someone is actually located.
      The fact that the channel was restored with no loss shows the system works pretty well imho.

    • @kerbalis3298
      @kerbalis3298 Před rokem +104

      @@scottwallbank4794 it is obvious tho. changing the name, profile picture, banner, deleting all of the videos, and running a crypto scam live stream is an obvious hack

    • @scottwallbank4794
      @scottwallbank4794 Před rokem +31

      @@kerbalis3298 Videos weren't deleted before the channel went, they were unavailable.
      The changes had already been applied at this point. You want to put limitations on an admin account? They can only change one thing a day? It's an administrative level account..
      Let's have a superuser account that has limitations, that'll be productive..
      The channel subsequently got flagged and taken down and then later recovered and restored. I don't understand what else you expect from this.

  • @lezlienewlands1337
    @lezlienewlands1337 Před rokem +11

    And now LinusTechTips has joined the "Channel got Hacked" club.

    • @Supremax67
      @Supremax67 Před rokem

      Both those hacks occurred through 2 steps verification.

  • @shaunsebata4798
    @shaunsebata4798 Před rokem +3

    I'm glad you guys are still around. I can only try to imagine the hell you guys went through on that week.

  • @Kaijutopia
    @Kaijutopia Před rokem +1833

    Dear CorridorCrew, it's a true testament to your professionalism that this didn't stop your people from going to work. You all took action while keeping your heads up. Something like this would've stopped most of us in our tracks. I'm so happy CorridorCrew is still with us. But I'm even happier you all still have your jobs. We love you guys!

    • @GodzillaProductionsTV
      @GodzillaProductionsTV Před rokem +2

      🙏

    • @thenorthorangesquad1738
      @thenorthorangesquad1738 Před rokem +2

      100th like

    • @MattMarkYT
      @MattMarkYT Před rokem +8

      It's happened to countless other channels, even smaller ones with less than 1m subscribers. And it ended with this same result. People get their channels back. The hackers never keep channels. The dramatization here is clearly satirical.

    • @bugballs2211
      @bugballs2211 Před rokem +2

      Why you putting dear it ain’t a letter

    • @yalieyal4362
      @yalieyal4362 Před rokem +2

      @@MattMarkYT well, its either that you are wrong, or that every person that liked the comment is wrong.
      Edit: Not saying that this comment isn't a literary dramatic (if i implied that it wasn't my intention) but there is "feeling poetic today" and there is "feeling like making a satirical comment and accidentally getting over 1k likes"

  • @Ninja_Works
    @Ninja_Works Před rokem +1655

    These guys actually managed to turn a hack into a laugh, a memory that will never go and a little advertisement. Frick you, hacker. Corridor never dies!

    • @SwanStudiosYT
      @SwanStudiosYT Před rokem

      No, frick you. I did it for a reason.

    • @KoiNyle
      @KoiNyle Před rokem +5

      This is the most sus advertisement for their website ever

    • @ZaraelShade
      @ZaraelShade Před rokem +14

      @@KoiNyle this is the most sus youtube short creator ever

    • @deivytrajan
      @deivytrajan Před rokem +1

      Hacker was very gentle here. If he wanted, he could have done bigger damage

    • @danhdao7417
      @danhdao7417 Před rokem +4

      @@deivytrajan there are thousand of reasons that they give it back. =)))Absolutely they modified something in their chanel so they can have it anytime. Or just a just gamble game between hackers, like I would pay you $1k for hacking their chanel in 10 minutes.

  • @IamMoon399
    @IamMoon399 Před rokem +7

    What are the odds me watching this vedio and right after seeing Linus getting hacked 1 hour ago.

  • @TylerMarkRichardson
    @TylerMarkRichardson Před rokem +7

    Linus also got hacked

  • @SouravGouri7
    @SouravGouri7 Před rokem +1549

    These cryptoscammers are getting out of hand. Just last month, they hacked into my public and private instagram accounts and uploaded a post + story saying that Elon Musk gifted me 5BTC 😂 and I'm not even popular. But still, I was so scared thinking what else could they've gotten into. Changed all my passwords and enabled 2FA, yet still feel vulnerable. So props to y'all for keeping calm throughout all of that while having such a huge channel at risk!
    PS: Beware guys, it can happen with anyone, even if you don't click on any links.

    • @_Zeine_
      @_Zeine_ Před rokem +6

      This also happened to my instagram

    • @Baboi62182
      @Baboi62182 Před rokem +3

      @@MuhammadUmar-iv4kk Imran or the new one

    • @Kinnan__
      @Kinnan__ Před rokem

      Same thing happened to me also.But the thing is I already had 2FA enabled and yet my account got hacked

    • @_Meai_
      @_Meai_ Před rokem +5

      @@jeffroberts6428 that's so sad, I hope someone intercepts and explains to them they are being scammed...

    • @zwenkwiel816
      @zwenkwiel816 Před rokem +7

      I never got hacked on anything
      Kind of feel left out now, AM I NOT GOOD ENOUGH OR SOMETHING?! XD

  • @legoshi6531
    @legoshi6531 Před rokem +869

    I can't imagine how scary it would be to lose a CZcams account even more when you know how bad CZcams is when it comes to customer service.

    • @spinblade6459
      @spinblade6459 Před rokem +85

      Exactly. Their costumer service is terrible. You tell them you want a Batman costume and they send out a Deadpool costume. Worst costumers ever.

    • @Forbes780
      @Forbes780 Před rokem +6

      @@spinblade6459 LOL

    • @ganesang5537
      @ganesang5537 Před rokem +4

      I'm a very irate costumer. People call me angry bird.

    • @shukrantpatil
      @shukrantpatil Před rokem +1

      youtube is bad at customer service ? what a joke , these channels are the heart of youtube , no way they let such channels perish

    • @Forbes780
      @Forbes780 Před rokem +1

      @@shukrantpatil No they wont let channels especially one like this perish. It's the same scam hackers were/are doing on Twitter, turning the accounts/channels in bitcoin scams. Though very disruptive they were always going to get it back.

  • @Beryesa.
    @Beryesa. Před rokem +6

    LTT also having that moment atm

  • @dylitefulgames
    @dylitefulgames Před rokem +2

    It would've hurt and sucked so much had everything actually been lost. Cause you guys and your amazing work was a part of my life while growing up. So just imagining if all that were to disappear would have been awful. I'm glad everything worked out, and I absolutely can't wait to see what you guys make next.

  • @ashurean
    @ashurean Před rokem +2102

    As someone in IT Systems Security, this sounds eerily similar to some of the examples of breaches in our Incident Response class. An attacker getting into someone's personal device, pivoting through the shared network into a PC with admin access to certain resources, doing what they want, then erasing logs to cover up their steps.
    Glad the hacker was just some dumbshit crypto twat and they didn't have an interest in doing any real damage.

    • @OTaxanO
      @OTaxanO Před rokem +58

      Hey, I was really curious on how this hack happened because I'm always paranoid about getting hacked. How do you think this happened exactly, in corridor's case or yours ? How could they have possibly gotten into Chris's phone?

    • @kaustubhgupta168
      @kaustubhgupta168 Před rokem

      yea

    • @jacobimacbroom
      @jacobimacbroom Před rokem +5

      @@OTaxanO replying because I too am curious lol

    • @Fen_Fox
      @Fen_Fox Před rokem +11

      @@jacobimacbroom same though, like, do you just 2 factor authentication everything?

    • @jakemon4550
      @jakemon4550 Před rokem +80

      ​@@OTaxanO Finding a way to intercept or redirect a two factor would mean someone somehow accessed his phone and saw/guessed his Gmail password.
      Like a sketchy hotel could intentionally have a team to try and hack celebrities phones, and have hidden cameras to see your password, or he downloaded a sketchy app, used the same password for the app as his Gmail, which is a common mistake.
      I could go on but the key to not having this happen is. Do not trust any Wi-Fi you do not know unless you have a secure vpn, make sure no one is trying to spy your password in the era of drones and super cameras even high up windows from far away aren't safe, using smart long passwords, personally using an encryption key is best to avoid password spying/guessing, keeping account of your cell phone at all times, and just knowing who to trust.

  • @BoxedNinja
    @BoxedNinja Před rokem +325

    Jordan really went all out for this ad-spot! The commitment from the crew to hack their own channel and cost them thousands of dollars is admirable. 👏 Take my money

    • @CorridorCrew
      @CorridorCrew  Před rokem +88

      Hahaha

    • @Evie0h
      @Evie0h Před rokem +18

      Advertising yourself via hacking 🤔 so big brain even I can’t wrap my head around it!
      Jokes aside, I’m thankful everyone managed to save the channel, can’t even find words for how terrible loosing it could be so I can’t imagine being in their shoes. I hope my meager contribution of watching the videos here is good enough for now, wish I could do more!

    • @throttlekitty1
      @throttlekitty1 Před rokem +11

      I was secretly hoping for a VPN sponsor on this one

    • @OTaxanO
      @OTaxanO Před rokem

      @@throttlekitty1 thought it was gonna be a password manager ad

    • @Tlukewow1
      @Tlukewow1 Před rokem

      Gotta lose money to make money.

  • @Journeyman.71
    @Journeyman.71 Před rokem +3

    WOW! That had to be terrifying! Glad you guys made it back!

  • @that1guyfinn418
    @that1guyfinn418 Před rokem +3

    I love how chill yall are about this hack. If It had been me to get hacked this bad I would've been curled in the corner crying my eyes out.

  • @williamhanna3113
    @williamhanna3113 Před rokem +388

    You made this incident into a perfect documentary-style video with a tension, drama, and a great story. Glad you have the account back and this was an amazing video

    • @TBH_Inc
      @TBH_Inc Před rokem +2

      And humor!

    • @Nison545
      @Nison545 Před rokem +2

      Jordan as a quick B story trying to make money was great.

  • @nando11220
    @nando11220 Před rokem +487

    It's super sick that everyone is a tech nerd and they could track down their problem and fix it

    • @arlynnecumberbatch1056
      @arlynnecumberbatch1056 Před rokem +2

      ew bot above me what a shame

    • @ZayxSt
      @ZayxSt Před rokem +5

      they didnt, they just contacted youtube, like everyone would..

    • @GridSludge
      @GridSludge Před rokem +7

      @@ZayxSt They literally did. They fixed the problem before CZcams shut down their channel. Watch the video

  • @DamielBE
    @DamielBE Před rokem

    Glad to see you back. You guys are an inspiration, even (and especially) for hobbyist like myself

  • @AgessiaNyxera
    @AgessiaNyxera Před rokem +1

    I never heard of you guys before this video. Glad you guys got everything back and secured.

  • @MaxRovensky
    @MaxRovensky Před rokem +601

    Software engineer here
    The fact that there were no recent logins, sounds like a classic case of session theft
    Be careful with those coffee shop and hotel wifis
    You don't need 2FA if you have active session credentials most of the time

    • @mrdiin.dev_
      @mrdiin.dev_ Před rokem +54

      Yea, long as the hacker gets a hold of their web tokens, it's just a refresh away from logging in.

    • @superdanglyde
      @superdanglyde Před rokem +14

      @@mrdiin.dev_ definitely a direct access to their network, or probably a two-way connection.

    • @deanseirafi8540
      @deanseirafi8540 Před rokem +35

      Yeap, seems to be the case. MFA would be useless if everything was already logged in on an open session. I’d wager the system was unintentionally compromised via user use. Account security was definitely not the problem here.

    • @TiagoTiagoT
      @TiagoTiagoT Před rokem +5

      2fa isn't needed to change the password?

    • @cromulom2223
      @cromulom2223 Před rokem +6

      @@TiagoTiagoT yes it does, that would make it a worthless 2fa

  • @JONNYENGLSH
    @JONNYENGLSH Před rokem +940

    I dont want to see a life without Corridor Crew. Glad yall fixed everything!

    • @bot7070
      @bot7070 Před rokem +4

      oh lmao didnt expect you here
      love your content on IG

    • @JONNYENGLSH
      @JONNYENGLSH Před rokem +3

      @@bot7070 I LOVE CC

    • @LuaTech
      @LuaTech Před rokem

      Yup! I love CC!

  • @RossRandomStuff
    @RossRandomStuff Před rokem +9

    Man currently Linus Tech Tips is also getting like from LTT to Tesla... which is absolutely wild! I'm glad you guys got your channel and I hope (at this time) Linus gets the channel back.

  • @Mr_Fluffy_Paws
    @Mr_Fluffy_Paws Před rokem +2

    I have been a fan of corridor digital since way back in the day when Freddie Wong was popular. I have loved and had such an appreciation for the videos these guys have made and watched them go from just a couple guys having cgi fun into an entire company with loads of staff and branching into every area of content you can think of. I'm so proud of the Corridor Crew for everything they have accomplished including rising from these temporary ashes of uncertainty. You guys are the best keep it up never quit.

  • @PopCross
    @PopCross Před rokem +436

    I'm super impressed with how chill Niko (and really everyone) seemed about the whole given how freaky of a situation it must have been! Glad everything is back up and running!

    • @definitelynotjustasquirrel8319
      @definitelynotjustasquirrel8319 Před rokem +2

      Oh my gosh! I’m subbed to you!

    • @rohanimations
      @rohanimations Před rokem

      Yo how’s it going? 😄

    • @gavindennis9988
      @gavindennis9988 Před rokem

      Do some more artist reacts videos if you know what's good for you...

    • @mooncat7009
      @mooncat7009 Před rokem +1

      Yes, i mean Niko was insulted by the level of the hacking😂😂😂

    • @arcanealchemist3190
      @arcanealchemist3190 Před rokem +4

      yeah, I think its a common trait among filmmakers. something always goes wrong, if you make a habit of freaking out you'll stress yourself and your crew to death very quickly. not saying everyone in film is cool as a cucumber, just that most of the people I have met have been professionals when under pressure, in my very limited film experience.

  • @_carlito_5367
    @_carlito_5367 Před rokem +355

    I was actually unaware of this situation the whole time. But then looking back, I realized that there were ZERO CorridorCrew videos on my main page and recommendations. I'm so sorry you guys went through this.
    Whoever do these scams and hacks deserve to have their devices break down every time they use them!

  • @Standarddad
    @Standarddad Před 6 měsíci +1

    Glad everything worked out. My son and I love your channel

  • @PsRohrbaugh
    @PsRohrbaugh Před rokem +4

    Gives me hope LTT will get their stuff fixed.

  • @WhatnotArt
    @WhatnotArt Před rokem +410

    It seems this hacker messed with the wrong crew, though. It’s honestly really impressive how well these guys handled it.

    • @shadowsketch926
      @shadowsketch926 Před rokem +13

      how so? the hacker got away with no repercussions

    • @renly110
      @renly110 Před rokem

      Scummy hackers

    • @cludecat7072
      @cludecat7072 Před rokem +2

      @@shadowsketch926 they may have gotten away but the impact was minimal

    • @DeletedDevilDeletedAngel
      @DeletedDevilDeletedAngel Před rokem +1

      @@shadowsketch926 but the hacker didn't win anything at all

    • @alberttarimo
      @alberttarimo Před rokem

      @@LeonardoMastrogiovanni or did they?

  • @jordanalysecoleman2118
    @jordanalysecoleman2118 Před rokem +103

    To everyone who reached out, THANK YOU. So happy we are back!

    • @angelh23
      @angelh23 Před rokem

      This sucks. My Activision account got hacked over a year ago and I still haven't gotten it back. I know it's not as bad, but it sucks you can never speak to an actual person for most of these problems. Glad you guys got it back.

  • @JordanDalrymple25
    @JordanDalrymple25 Před rokem +1

    Love you guys! Keep up the hard work!

  • @jackbrown6859
    @jackbrown6859 Před rokem +2

    I'm happy this was able to be fixed. Must've been very scary for all of you!😯

  • @animble
    @animble Před rokem +657

    Sheesh, I saw the scam but you never know who it happened to until after, glad to see everything is okay now 👍

    • @emilemil1
      @emilemil1 Před rokem +8

      It was pretty obvious if you went to the channel and checked the url.

    • @106640guy
      @106640guy Před rokem +14

      I also remember the lifestream, but no idea it was Corridor, I thought it was maybe a really old dead channel I subbed to years ago

    • @travishumphery
      @travishumphery Před rokem +7

      @@106640guy Same here. Was at work and got the livestream notification, swiped it away thinking I'd look into it later but by the time I got home couldn't figure out where it came from.

    • @alexjustalex
      @alexjustalex Před rokem +1

      @@emilemil1 They could've been on mobile

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious Před rokem

      I just hope CISA is going after these scumbags. Literally putting a wholesome and important business such as this through turmoil.
      Fun fact, the MicroStrategy CEO and it's people are a bunch of alt-right terrorists using crypto to pay their terrorist buddies like proud boys and patriot front. MicroStrategy also pushed anti-vax narratives, pro-trump lies, infowars conspiracy theories, and attacking anyone that isn't a conservative extremist like they are.
      I find it convenient that there are hackers running around hacking others to promote THIS PARTICULAR business. A business based on scamming people through crypto on a company that has gotten in trouble multiple times with the SEC and is in FBI criminal investigations, along with a long history of fraud.
      I'd be absolutely certain that this company is paying hackers to force the promotion of their company. Not to mention this company being involved with dark money connected to republicans pushing the latest big lie. It's hardly a conspiracy these days with all the blatant stereotypes. The CEO even uses alt-right terrorist memes from 4chan on his social media, ffs.
      Let's also address that crypto needs to be illegal (it's already illegal in many countries already). It's nothing more than an easily manipulated volatile market used by the worst criminals to launder and scam with. It's not some miracle newer safer currency, it's the compete opposite. Same with NFTs and all other blockchain technology. It's easily abused.
      It's appalling that google does nothing to block crypto scams and also does nothing about hackers and scammers that use it on their platform. I STILL see crypto bot scam comment chains, google must either not care or not have any control over their platform.

  • @Edens_Bones
    @Edens_Bones Před rokem +703

    Thanks Mark. That intern definitely messed with your stuff 🙄🙄

  • @jongiles415
    @jongiles415 Před rokem

    Glad to see you are all doing alright after the hack, and glad to see you got your videos back too. Sending lots of love to the crew, you guys are awesome.

  • @kamaleialpizar8055
    @kamaleialpizar8055 Před rokem

    Dang. I haven’t been watching for a bit due to work. It’s been about 2 weeks since then. I’m happy y’all have it back. I love learning from you and love your vids.

  • @jolan1072
    @jolan1072 Před rokem +415

    I saw the crypto stream happen, and I got scared because I wasn’t sure what happened. Thank goodness you guys were calm and got your channel back.

    • @TracksWithDax
      @TracksWithDax Před rokem +5

      Could you tell it was from their channel?

    • @sikksotoo
      @sikksotoo Před rokem +8

      @@TracksWithDax I saw the crypto livestream under my subscription tab, didn't recognize the channel name and narrowed down which channel had been renamed by the sub count.

    • @hivebrain
      @hivebrain Před rokem

      @@TracksWithDax I believe the channel url stays the same.

    • @n-arc03talks57
      @n-arc03talks57 Před rokem

      Well the title of the live stream did have corridor crew in it

  • @lnvxb5714
    @lnvxb5714 Před rokem +390

    Hiring someone is the perfect thing to do in this scenario. Last time my account got hacked i came to this video and got some info i used and Found Upfronthackers and got Christina to help me recover my stolen youtube account.

  • @tfrowlett8752
    @tfrowlett8752 Před rokem +116

    There is no worse feeling than discovering a hack, you feel violated and exposed and often helpless for a long time.

    • @jalin8039
      @jalin8039 Před rokem +3

      Yes like an itch that you can't scratch

  • @willowg7131
    @willowg7131 Před rokem +1

    Yo I wanna thank you guys for documenting your experience with this.
    I think saw a notification of that livestream the other day, and wondered who had gone down this time (channel was already no longer identifiable). I've seen it happen to a number of kpop groups' channels, so I was like oh no, not again... I wonder how hard it must hit some of the bands and entertainment companies. Not everyone is well established like main, major kpop entertainment companies most hear about. It sucks watching the fandoms panic and lose momentum that could really help their group in terms of things like music video views, which can have a huge effect on a group's chances at gaining traction and respect in a very competitive industry. Saw one channel go down just a day or two after dropping a new MV and album, and it took around 5 days, maybe? for it to come back. That time is critical. Every hour counts. It was heartbreaking and cruel. I think my favorite dance crew who support and choreograph things for my favorite group also may have been hit this way... They didn't have much luck with recovery. There should be years of content on their channel. The oldest video there is now one that's only 7 months old.
    Anyway.... I feel that things like your video here might help raise awareness of this issue. The most I usually see is a sort of "Yup, we've been hacked, we're working on it." from an entertainment company.
    It was very interesting seeing behind the scenes as guys handled the issue. Hopefully those scumbag hackers can be stopped.

  • @KevinvanDiest
    @KevinvanDiest Před rokem +1

    it would have been a big loss for YT is CC was gone. Great to still have you guys!

  • @carsbykris
    @carsbykris Před rokem +362

    This is wild. So glad you guys got it back. Someone get Jim Browning on the phone and catch these guys. Something like this just happened to him.

    • @thegup3839
      @thegup3839 Před rokem +11

      Wait someone managed to hack Jim Browning? That’s ironic

    • @theotherguy6155
      @theotherguy6155 Před rokem +6

      Again? Happened a few years ago too

    • @carsbykris
      @carsbykris Před rokem

      @@thegup3839 yeah he did a video on it somewhat recently. It is ironic and I don't think it was lost on him either lol.

    • @anonview
      @anonview Před rokem +1

      I bet Jim Browning would love to have a go at whoever did this. I still remember how spicy he was when he finally caught his channel's hacker.

  • @iGooner
    @iGooner Před rokem +175

    I love how positive you all managed to stay through this. You guys are truly one of the highest quality channels on the platform!

    • @Keyecomposer
      @Keyecomposer Před rokem

      I figure its easy to be positive since its easily proven that they've been hacked, nothing really to worry about, a channel that big can easily be reinstated and assisted by youtube. Nothing than a mild inconvenience. Small channels don't get as much luck though.

  • @Thirust
    @Thirust Před rokem +448

    They beat youtube moderation, that's a true accomplishment

    • @Gojirawars03
      @Gojirawars03 Před rokem +12

      Not too difficult because they get trending so often.

    • @far22186
      @far22186 Před rokem +5

      Wish Steven crowder could

    • @Gojirawars03
      @Gojirawars03 Před rokem

      @@far22186 Same lol.

    • @sespider
      @sespider Před rokem

      @@far22186
      He does.
      He has Mug Club up on The Blaze.
      It's their primary source of income as YouTURD demonetized his channel yrs ago for no good reason.

    • @Vanq17
      @Vanq17 Před rokem +2

      No they didnt? They even said so themselves, it usually takes Google a few days to reinstate a channel. Which is exactly what happened. They didnt beat anybody, things just ran as they normally do.

  • @dstrkt.cs2
    @dstrkt.cs2 Před rokem +58

    The fact that a video about getting hacked is so well made and it even doubled as an ad is frankly hilarious.

    • @Jimmy_Jones
      @Jimmy_Jones Před rokem +1

      An ad for bitcoin?

    • @gmaster2647
      @gmaster2647 Před rokem +5

      @@Jimmy_Jones An ad for their website.
      Which to be honest, I've been getting more interest in joining over time.

  • @EmpPeng2k7
    @EmpPeng2k7 Před rokem

    Glad to see you back up all

  • @nicozika
    @nicozika Před rokem

    glad to have you guys back

  • @Dokattak
    @Dokattak Před rokem +364

    “What kind of person would do this?”
    Someone who wants to watch others burn. Glad you didn’t let it get you down. Keep going regardless of obstacles.

    • @electricheisenberg5723
      @electricheisenberg5723 Před rokem +4

      well, 5.7 mil is a lot of people to scam

    • @BlackEagle352
      @BlackEagle352 Před rokem

      Or it's just easy.

    • @drantigon
      @drantigon Před rokem

      To get easy money

    • @epicterry6706
      @epicterry6706 Před rokem

      Russian bitcoin scammers

    • @theradiantdehd3997
      @theradiantdehd3997 Před rokem +2

      It’s while I don’t agree with them immediately ruling out the guy who showed up on the livestream. The guy was terminated for doing crypto scams, and it stands to reason that he would be pissed at the company that fired him. What better revenge than to hack a beloved channel, crypto scam their audience, and blame it on the company who just fired you. It could always be a cover, but I can see it being a revenge plot in attempt to take down the company that just fired you, while running away with the profit made from the damage. It may have just been an angry criminal who doesn’t know when to stop, and was seeking to take down the company he worked for with him.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před rokem +227

    I’m just grateful that you guys are here now, sorry to hear this it sucks.

  • @andyrewcwilkes8979
    @andyrewcwilkes8979 Před rokem +1

    as someone who was hacked its the most frustrating and heart breaking thing ever. I'm glad y'all were able to get your channel back I unfortunately was not as lucky. I know my story isn't as serious but it was still very upsetting for me I am a Minecraft bedwars twitch streamer my Minecraft account that I've had since I was 12 was hacked I had worked so hard to reach the lvls and stats on my account and today I don't have my account anymore someone hacked my account and is taking my credit. I don't understand why anyone would hack a small very little know twitch streamer as myself but its very heartbreaking that people will take your entire lifes work and make it there own. I'm happy that yalls story ended on a good note I too love editing videos and have loved yalls work keep it up you inspire the young generations of filmmakers and VFX artists.

  • @Newt2799
    @Newt2799 Před rokem

    This is a good learning experience. I bet you guys have back ups and way more security now

  • @AnkurVashishtha01
    @AnkurVashishtha01 Před rokem +938

    When you guys said "this is our livelihood", it hit me. Hackers could have done a lot more damage. Kudos to you guys for staying strong. Love from India.

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey Před rokem +8

      Lets be real: This a hobby they hope to make money from. The world does not "need" them to make their little videos. They enjoy doing it. But if they really got hacked they would have to find jobs like everyone else.

    • @EarleTKG
      @EarleTKG Před rokem +114

      @@GlennDavey This is one of the most ignorant statements I’ve seen on CZcams. Corridor crew isn’t just “a hobby”, it’s a legitimate business that helps fuel the entertainment industry and it also inspires thousands of individuals to peruse film making. I doubt you’ve contributed much to society.

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey Před rokem +1

      @@EarleTKG Hahahahahaha

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey Před rokem +2

      @@EarleTKG *takes a breath* Aaaaaaaaaa HA H AH AH AHHAHAHAAHAHA

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey Před rokem +1

      @@EarleTKG You have a video called 500 subscriber voice reveal. This is GOLD. Thank you so much for replying

  • @Sorable
    @Sorable Před rokem +170

    This Happened to me back in February. Obviously way smaller of a channel, but it was like pulling teeth trying to get youtube/google to do ANYTHING. Took me 4 weeks to finally get it back. Glad you got yours! Even came with an interesting video!

    • @nahuelucho2661
      @nahuelucho2661 Před rokem +2

      how stressful

    • @takoshihitsamaru4675
      @takoshihitsamaru4675 Před rokem +8

      How the hell did you get it back? Do you have local support in the US or something?
      CZcams basically told me "fuck you" and left me with nothing after 7 years of content, told me I was the reason I got cancelled (bogus reason, no appeal was able to filed).

    • @TigerGreene
      @TigerGreene Před rokem +6

      It always strikes me as crazy all these channels pouring all their money, time, hopes and dreams into one company. CZcams doesn't give a §H|† about you, or anyone else. If any channel vanishes tomorrow, they won't lose a second of sleep. Smart creators diversify their revenue streams so if CZcams shuts them down, they can still operate.

    • @TigerGreene
      @TigerGreene Před rokem

      @@takoshihitsamaru4675 The sounds horrible, but not surprising. CZcams doesn't care about anyone except their shareholders. Can I ask why they said it was your fault?

    • @takoshihitsamaru4675
      @takoshihitsamaru4675 Před rokem +3

      @@TigerGreene They essentially said "we've removed your channel for spam/scam content", which is outrageous since all I ever uploaded were gameplay clips, GMVs, an AMV or two like waaaaay back when, and the occasional drawing timelapse. It was obvious bs and when I tried to appeal, there was no way to do it, my account was just gone, no warning, no strikes, just poof, gone :(

  • @welshdave5263
    @welshdave5263 Před rokem

    Didn't know you guys had an app, getting it now.
    Glad you recovered!

  • @Darkmule01
    @Darkmule01 Před rokem

    A very good ad opportunity for your channel. Good job.

  • @inanimatesum4945
    @inanimatesum4945 Před rokem +396

    That fact that this is still happening is so frustrating. This problem has been rampant with small channels and a handful of big ones. The issue is a lot of these brands from hackers are scapegoats for the real hackers.
    Something to note, 2FA is important but its not guaranteed. Some companies literally still give people a workaround 2FA or easy redirection.

    • @st0nedpenguin
      @st0nedpenguin Před rokem +7

      It still happens because people fall for obvious scams. Until you can stop people being stupid this will never stop.

    • @st0nedpenguin
      @st0nedpenguin Před rokem +4

      @@agiliteka These scams are always obvious as fuck. Also how did nobody think to just immediately CALL CZcams? Jesus Christ this was such a dropped ball on their part it's absurd, and calling it getting hacked is misleading.

    • @CiDK
      @CiDK Před rokem +15

      @@st0nedpenguin A lot of these CZcams channel scams are not very obvious, sometimes even using a compromised company email to make the scam email look more legit. You can take every precautions available, but at the end of the day if you're on the internet you're still gonna be vulnerable to hacks.

    • @GoodTato
      @GoodTato Před rokem +4

      Scary thing about the most common "token in an app that changes every minute" 2FA is that it CAN still be brute forced. Really hope more companies switch to the Microsoft-style notification-based 2FA (which is still not completely airtight but at least there you 100% need access to the device instead of luck)

    • @st0nedpenguin
      @st0nedpenguin Před rokem +3

      @@CiDK If only you could just look at the email headers, or mouse over links before clicking them.
      It doesn't take 200 IQ to not fall for this shit.

  • @KyleIdk
    @KyleIdk Před rokem +105

    Thank god you guys are still here!

  • @Treasuremonk
    @Treasuremonk Před rokem +4

    Niko seems like the most genuine , kindest person.

  • @derekwilson9292
    @derekwilson9292 Před rokem

    Glad to see you back love your vids

  • @yaboyblacklist2431
    @yaboyblacklist2431 Před rokem +285

    I found this very interesting for two reasons, one: I'm a huge fan of the channel, and two: I'm currently majoring in Cybersecurity, and it's very informative and eye-opening to see the ramifications of a hack due to a single leak or software flaw.

    • @AD-lh3jk
      @AD-lh3jk Před rokem +3

      I’m still confused how the hack was even achieved

    • @computer_toucher
      @computer_toucher Před rokem +8

      @@AD-lh3jk Probably using SMS 2FA on the Google account that is linked with admin access to the channel -- or the phone number is set up as a recovery option should you forget your password. Even if not, in any case, someone likely managed to get the cell provider to send a backup SIM to someone that is not the owner -- through social engineering. Then they requested a password change. And they will get the SMS with the confirmation code at the same time as the owner. If they're fast enough or do it like at night, they can manage to change the password for the account before the owner notices.

    • @AD-lh3jk
      @AD-lh3jk Před rokem +3

      @@computer_toucher SMS as in text right? Yeah I’ve heard from my programmer friend that SMS isn’t really secure at all since you can actually “fake/copy” it. Iirc my friend prefers tokens over SMS

    • @jadonculp
      @jadonculp Před rokem +3

      @@AD-lh3jk SMS is just a messaging protocol, and for the longest time the most popular (other protocols include MMS, iMessage, and more recently, RCS). Any conversation on an iPhone that uses the SMS protocol displays your bubbles as green in order to differentiate it.

    • @prezentoappr1171
      @prezentoappr1171 Před rokem +1

      @@AD-lh3jk is that token means, a USB that got the security key type of 2FA?

  • @MasonParkinson
    @MasonParkinson Před rokem +201

    this has happened to me twice, it's a gut dropping feeling so I relate to you guys. my channel was gone for 3 days and then I eventually got it back. happy you guys were able to aswell.

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Před rokem +4

      Twice? Bloody hell.

    • @noobemath
      @noobemath Před rokem

      But how does that happen ? You clicked on links or what ?

  • @X2yt
    @X2yt Před rokem +6

    Same thing just happened to LinusTechTips. CZcams immediately recommends this video. Hm....

  • @chicharongbaboy
    @chicharongbaboy Před rokem

    Thanks! I've been searching how to get it and this is brilliant :D

  • @billveusay9423
    @billveusay9423 Před rokem +269

    It was reassuring to see that the title was momentarily changed to "Hi, we're hackers and we took over the Corridor Channel because we suck". A sign that the Crew was at least partially in control, and also that they were still being positive and humorous through this.

  • @emppos432
    @emppos432 Před rokem +97

    I believe this is the most 'popular' hack thing right now. A similar thing happened to a much smaller channel and the hackers managed to get back into the channel through a google extension.

    • @hypaavos3554
      @hypaavos3554 Před rokem

      Google extension malware suck. You cant delete it meaning you have to quickly dig through your computer even in the deepest parts that you might of not even known existed to then try and find a suspicious application to stop the virus from installing itself. However you then need to get an anti malware or anything similair to than be able to delete the actual extension in the first place. I would know becaue its happened to me before :/

    • @pixelist2363
      @pixelist2363 Před rokem +1

      Nathaniel Bandy’s channel was also hacked a while back. It also suddenly was called MicroStrategy

  • @krisdylan9723
    @krisdylan9723 Před rokem

    Glad the community still has you guys

  • @threehorsesxxx5759
    @threehorsesxxx5759 Před rokem

    Thank God you fixed the problem wish you the best.

  • @Level2Sniper_
    @Level2Sniper_ Před rokem +369

    This was just a big ploy to get us to sub to their website.
    In reality though, you guys dealt with this perfectly! Some hackers want to make it a spectacle, & for people to react, & you guys didn't overreact. You dealt with it calmly, & perfectly.

    • @diox8tony
      @diox8tony Před rokem +30

      I honestly couldn't tell if this was real, or a their typical "fake reality TV drama" style editing they do for videos. and they were spinning it into an AD for their website(if youtube goes down we always have our website). Everyone in their clips feels like an actor, 1-2 even broke character.

    • @btf_flotsam478
      @btf_flotsam478 Před rokem +11

      @@diox8tony It's a strange thing to do, considering (1) the risks involved with potentially being caught and blowing away the channel's very good name, and (2) how incredibly easy it is to verify that all of this stuff actually happened.

    • @zerafina6623
      @zerafina6623 Před rokem

      @@diox8tony I've been hacked with my other account and the situation is almost the same but different. The videos were all gone and when you search the name of my account it doesn't show but only I can see it but there's no live video posted and also the name of my channel hasn't changed. I went to my google account security and found out that there's a phone device that I don't even recognize that's connected to my google account it's called "Nexus 5" something like that.I Immediately reported it to google and youtube and they gave it back. And by the way my channel is not even monetized and it has less than 1k subs so I don't know why they even hacked me.

    • @thanatosor
      @thanatosor Před rokem +5

      @@zerafina6623 to test before they hack them.

    • @zerafina6623
      @zerafina6623 Před rokem +1

      @@thanatosor Maybe, I like your profile picture though.

  • @InvalidationX145
    @InvalidationX145 Před rokem +83

    It's eerie when you release a video about this exact subject... and then literally the next day one of your favorite channels uploads this exact experience. I'm glad everything got settled with the channel and you guys at CorridorCrew are back with "only" a few thousand in losses. Really great job handling this too, giving everyone some tips and information on handling situations like this.

  • @iamwisdomsky
    @iamwisdomsky Před rokem +7

    this is why 2FA is important in modern days, not only you get notified of possible login attempts to your accounts but also prevent the attacker from proceeding since the code goes to your phone.

    • @anugrah1921
      @anugrah1921 Před rokem +1

      there many cases channels still got hacked even with 2FA enabled

    • @iamwisdomsky
      @iamwisdomsky Před rokem

      @@anugrah1921 if they still got hacked even they have 2FA then that means that they're an idiot.

    • @W1ndowP4in
      @W1ndowP4in Před rokem +2

      They had 2fa, they had access to an admins phone

    • @iamwisdomsky
      @iamwisdomsky Před rokem

      @@W1ndowP4in then that makes them an idiot.

    • @W1ndowP4in
      @W1ndowP4in Před rokem

      @@iamwisdomsky how?

  • @AgentVamp
    @AgentVamp Před rokem

    I had my channel hacked too. Albeit for a more... sillier reason but I'm just so glad to have it back.

  • @jaredsmith2229
    @jaredsmith2229 Před rokem +85

    The fact you made this into a documentary style of video makes this even better. Great job on keeping the morale up.

    • @blingberrystew
      @blingberrystew Před rokem +1

      It would be a good first video if they didn't get the channel back at least

  • @nardinatur911
    @nardinatur911 Před rokem +163

    So scary! As an IT professional this hits close to home as i am responsible for a lot of content as well. So glad you guys were able to fix this! Love your videos!! Keep it up!

  • @JimbisBuungelldorff
    @JimbisBuungelldorff Před rokem

    im so glad yall are back

  • @gurjantsinghfilms
    @gurjantsinghfilms Před rokem

    Glad you guys are back!

  • @ProfessionalNwah
    @ProfessionalNwah Před rokem +104

    I'm so surprised you guys stayed so calm and even made jokes. That's why I always loved this channel.

    • @LednacekZ
      @LednacekZ Před rokem +10

      they are calm and relaxed in the video. they were not in real life.

    • @MGlBlaze
      @MGlBlaze Před rokem +2

      Humour is a potential way to deal with troubled emotions and shitty situations. Sort of a "If you don't laugh, you cry" idea - making jokes can help to mentally lighten the burden of what's going on.
      Of course, humour has a time and a place and you need to be able to read the room. Sometimes making jokes is just going to piss people off. Real life is messy like that.

    • @f0rth3l0v30fchr15t
      @f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Před rokem

      @@MGlBlaze And sometimes you need to step outside and yell "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK" at the top of your lungs.

    • @redholm
      @redholm Před rokem

      It's because they know that youtube can fix it. CZcams has many times in the past done this. And especially for big channels they try to get them back online fast to make CZcams more money. Coridor probably talked to the employee responsible for keeping their account running properly (Their handler) and they got everything rolling. So staying calm here is the best thing to do. Be calm and do your job.

    • @dharkann
      @dharkann Před rokem

      @@LednacekZ they were more pissed/upset than scared. As someone else mentioned, they weren't going to lose their channel or anything.

  • @anglerfish61
    @anglerfish61 Před rokem +46

    I love how no one (seemed) to panic at all. Thats a sign of a good structured company who already has a protocol in place for this.

    • @eugenes9751
      @eugenes9751 Před rokem +3

      You only saw what they edited and uploaded.

    • @biazacha
      @biazacha Před rokem +6

      @@eugenes9751 still you would see signs of distress, tears, etc if they were taken by panic. They knew what were the odds and how it were in their favor.

    • @eugenes9751
      @eugenes9751 Před rokem +4

      @@biazacha Again. EDITING.

  • @thedovahkiin7896
    @thedovahkiin7896 Před 8 měsíci

    This is a great opportunity for an animated or rendered explanation how this happened.

  • @VGEJackler
    @VGEJackler Před rokem

    The same thing happened to me as well. Super bad situation, I feel you.

  • @tgnm9615
    @tgnm9615 Před rokem +84

    "Does this mean we are unemployed"
    Man, I cannot imagine the fear of losing your job because of some stupid hack on a youtube your channel. Im so sorry to hear this guys

    • @KieranThomasSmith
      @KieranThomasSmith Před rokem +2

      They were obviously going to continue working there, they could just make a new channel and everyone would still watch

    • @zodiacsyndicate6986
      @zodiacsyndicate6986 Před rokem

      @@KieranThomasSmith And the website is increasing in subscribers

  • @batangbatugan
    @batangbatugan Před rokem +25

    When this happened, I actually thought MY account was hacked because the moment I clicked on the CorridorCrew notification, first thing I saw was that dude's livestream. I immediately changed my Google password. Thank goodness you got your channel back, you guys worked so hard for this!