Quang Linh Vlogs lost its Youtube channel due to a mistake many Vietnamese people make.
Báo Dân trí•06/04/2024
(Dan Tri) - Quang Linh Vlogs has just posted a video revealing the reason why his Youtube channel and 2 other Youtube channels on the same system were taken over by hackers.
As Dan Tri reported, on April 2, many Youtube channels with a large number of followers in Vietnam were simultaneously attacked and taken over by hackers. Among them, the Youtube channel system "African Life", with 3 famous channels including Quang Linh Vlogs (more than 3.82 million followers), The Nhan Vlogs (more than 1.21 million followers) and Dong Paulo Vlogs (more than 811 thousand followers) were simultaneously lost control. After taking control of these 3 Youtube channels, hackers changed the cover photo and profile picture on the channel to promote a cryptocurrency for the purpose of fraud. After about a day of being attacked by hackers, Youtuber Quang Linh Vlogs (real name Pham Quang Linh) regained his Youtube channel and another channel in the same system, The Nhan Vlogs. However, the Youtube channel Dong Paulo Vlogs encountered many difficulties in the recovery process and at times it seemed like the channel had been completely deleted. However, this Youtube channel has now been restored.
Quang Linh Vlogs shares the reason why his Youtube channel was taken over by hackers (Screenshot).
Recently, Quang Linh Vlogs posted a video on his Youtube channel with more than 3.83 million followers to share about the incident that just happened. In his video, this Youtuber said he was devastated when he discovered that all Youtube channels on the system were simultaneously attacked and taken control by hackers. Initially, Quang Linh Vlogs thought that he had lost all the Youtube channels he had worked hard to build and had to start over. However, thanks to Youtube's support team, Quang Linh Vlogs was able to get his Youtube channels back. However, some videos with large views on his channel were deleted by hackers, forcing Quang Linh Vlogs to re-upload these contents. In the video just posted on his Youtube channel, Quang Linh Vlogs also revealed how hackers attacked and took control of his Youtube channel. Accordingly, this Youtuber's group used many different computers to edit and process videos before posting them on Youtube, including both Mac and Windows computers. In particular, the Windows computer was infected with malware due to the use of unlicensed "pirated" software. Specifically, Quang Linh Vlogs admitted that in order to save costs, he and his group searched and followed instructions online to crack copyrighted graphics and video processing software, but did not expect that this had accidentally caused malware to infect the computer, thereby opening the way for hackers to infiltrate and steal the main Gmail account of the Youtube channel. Quang Linh Vlogs said that the hackers had infiltrated his computer a long time ago, right after installing the "pirated" software, but they only started taking control of the Youtube channels when needed. Notably, searching for and installing pirated software and software copyright cracks from the internet is very familiar to computer users in Vietnam, especially when many software have very high copyright fees, beyond the ability of many users to pay. However, according to security experts, using software cracking tools downloaded from the internet is the fastest way to infect computers with malware, because most of these cracked software contain malware, spyware, viruses or will open backdoors that allow hackers to silently infiltrate users' computers.
Finding and downloading software copyright cracking tools is a habit of many computer users in Vietnam, but it carries a high risk of being infected with malware (Illustration: Getty).
That is why when downloading software copyright cracking tools from the internet, the security software installed on the computer will immediately warn of the danger and delete these software copyright cracking tools. In addition, according to Quang Linh Vlogs, a method that hackers often use to attack Youtubers is to send emails impersonating a brand and offering content cooperation, inside the email there is a link to a website containing malicious code or attached malicious files. If Youtubers accidentally click on the link or download the files, they will be infected with malware leading to the loss of their channel. This is also the method that another famous Youtuber, Do Mixi, was tricked by hackers, causing his computer to be infected with malware leading to the loss of his Youtube channel with more than 7.3 million followers and his Steam social network account containing many valuable virtual items. After what happened to him, Quang Linh Vlogs hopes that his warnings will help other content creators be more careful, avoiding being attacked by hackers and having their channels taken over like this YouTuber encountered.
Quang Linh Vlogs, real name Pham Quang Linh, was born in 1997 in Nghe An. He is a famous Youtuber in Vietnam, known for his simple and rustic videos about his daily life in Africa. Quang Linh Vlogs is also famous for his charity activities, helping the needy in Angola, where he lives and works, as well as in his home country of Vietnam.
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