Channel was TERMINATED, we got Hacked (Not Clickbait)

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[@CorridorCrew]

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]

Next time give us a heads up before u get hacked

[@demzionmain]

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

[@graydonhively5909]

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

[@FriedMonkey362]

Damm thats crazy...

[@fwall527]

Good job on having your channel back! :)

[@TesserLink]

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

[@samuelnextd00r80]

Capitalism at its finest

[@chrismhp]

Plot twist: They actually hacked themselves for views.

[@superblahblah666]

@@chrismhp and pushed viewers to their stand alone website that has a free trial and auto renews every month. cheeky

[@christianmerkel3368]

Let's go I'm the 1000th like

[@unreachablesecretary]

Reverse hackgineering!!

[@Franfran2424]

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-]

@misuyy fong Bot

[@FOGoticus]

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

[@Bearical]

@@FOGoticus in other words, a noob

[@FOGoticus]

@@Bearical Technically correct lmao

[@CygnusOrb]

@@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.

[@Kizaru3314]

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

[@monodragon]

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

[@bl5533]

@@monodragon It’s a bot

[@ArthurD]

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

[@CZghost]

@@bl5533 Or a moron/kid.

[@nitrobuilder1014]

“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]

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]

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

[@The_Jzoli]

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

[@st0nedpenguin]

@@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]

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

[@coopercowles5128]

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

[@mw3dbest]

Lmaoo

[@thisissaah_4101]

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

[@jakobfel2]

@@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]

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

[@jakobfel2]

@@mr.dalerobinson Lol in all honesty, I don't typically blame the KZbinrs 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.

[@TheAlphaBeast007]

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

[@lokifishmarz]

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]

Monsta channel with 10million subs just got hacked by them

[@jmredguppy2799]

Nathaniel Bandy had that happened to him back in 2022 as well. He was finishing up on 2 Kirby and the Forgotten Land videos when all of a sudden, the same MicroStrategy stream came in, lost his main channel, Bathaniel’s Channel, and his KZbin group channel Minus World. He has recovered though it took like 4-days because KZbin was being slow at responding back to him.

[@SoCloseToToast]

Low key best AD for the website!

[@VikingTeddy]

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

[@aiofkwma]

@@VikingTeddy what?

[@w1984t]

​@ResistVR Did your father go to get cigarettes?

[@KazzieBB]

@@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]

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

[@DaTux91]

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]

@Dharric Rolyat thats what an ad does XD

[@kunjupulla]

That Christen guy looks sus tbh

[@hman2912]

Was this a real incident?

[@Ambar42]

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]

@@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.

[@JoBot__]

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

[@AngeloMichel]

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!

[@rovko819]

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

[@Relkond]

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

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

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

[@quntface1518]

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

[@ZoeMuller80]

@@Relkond why not both

[@evolicious]

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]

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]

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_]

Crinacle lost a 100K channel :/

[@kiranvnair1133]

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]

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

[@floopusdoopus]

I know some channels that have practically died from this stuff

[@r3gret2079]

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

[@theperfguy]

I just hope you guys maintain an offline backup of all Videos, in case tomorrow something really drastic happens and KZbin 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.

[@grutarg2938]

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]

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-----]

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]

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]

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

[@spacegerrit9499]

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.

[@Kaijutopia]

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]

🙏

[@thenorthorangesquad1738]

100th like

[@MattMarkYT]

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]

Why you putting dear it ain’t a letter

[@yalieyal4362]

@@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"

[@OchiDOHD]

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 KZbin 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 TeamKZbin 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...

[@lezlienewlands1337]

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

[@Supremax67]

Both those hacks occurred through 2 steps verification.

[@SouravGouri7]

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_]

This also happened to my instagram

[@Baboi62182]

@@MuhammadUmar-iv4kk Imran or the new one

[@Kinnan__]

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

[@_Meai_]

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

[@zwenkwiel816]

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

[@txma.]

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]

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

[@devong1838]

@@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]

@@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 KZbin - depending on how much they rely on it that could be a substantial financial hit.

[@snehajain4334]

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

[@DreadKyller]

@@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.

[@RossRandomStuff]

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.

[@DamielBE]

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

[@SuccMunkey]

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

[@Erti-SamC]

lol

[@igamer-hehe]

Lmao

[@jonawesomejony561]

Lmfao

[@karimalramlawi7228]

What are you talking about He was testing us till now

[@jukemasta2455]

Nah he was the reason they got the account back he's got ties w the KZbin mafia

[@Ninja_Works]

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]

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

[@KoiNyle]

This is the most sus advertisement for their website ever

[@ZaraelShade]

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

[@deivytrajan]

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

[@danhdao7417]

@@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.

[@Beryesa.]

LTT also having that moment atm

[@AgessiaNyxera]

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

[@MaxRovensky]

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_]

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

[@superdanglyde]

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

[@deanseirafi8540]

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]

2fa isn't needed to change the password?

[@cromulom2223]

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

[@DrMcFly28]

What irks me personally is that KZbin 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]

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]

@@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]

@@TruCloudGaming Simp? Because I think KZbin 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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@Journeyman.71]

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

[@IamMoon399]

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

[@Anonymous-dm2nl]

bro fr

[@vivaanreddy8771]

Same i got recommended after i saw the LTT getting hacked video

[@BoxedNinja]

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]

Hahaha

[@Evie0h]

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]

I was secretly hoping for a VPN sponsor on this one

[@OTaxanO]

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

[@Tlukewow1]

Gotta lose money to make money.

[@ashurean]

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]

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]

yea

[@jacobimacbroom]

@@OTaxanO replying because I too am curious lol

[@Fen_Fox]

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

[@jakemon4550]

​@@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.

[@shaunsebata4798]

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

[@dylitefulgames]

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.

[@williamhanna3113]

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]

And humor!

[@Nison545]

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

[@legoshi6531]

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

[@spinblade6459]

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]

@@spinblade6459 LOL

[@ganesang5537]

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

[@shukrantpatil]

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

[@Forbes780]

@@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.

[@JordanDalrymple25]

Love you guys! Keep up the hard work!

[@that1guyfinn418]

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.

[@_carlito_5367]

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!

[@Edens_Bones]

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

[@stinkystinkypoopystinkypeepee]

Wha happen?!!!?

[@ChanceCass]

@@stinkystinkypoopystinkypeepee I read that in marks voice ngl

[@stinkystinkypoopystinkypeepee]

@@ChanceCass i gotta say it's an honor

[@Kix-86]

I guess they chose to ignore the "professional hacker" on his resume...

[@CorridorCrew]

LOL

[@Mr_Fluffy_Paws]

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.

[@Standarddad]

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

[@JONNYENGLSH]

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

[@bot7070]

oh lmao didnt expect you here love your content on IG

[@JONNYENGLSH]

@@bot7070 I LOVE CC

[@LuaTech]

Yup! I love CC!

[@WhatnotArt]

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

[@shadowsketch926]

how so? the hacker got away with no repercussions

[@renly110]

Scummy hackers

[@cludecat7072]

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

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

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

[@alberttarimo]

@@LeonardoMastrogiovanni or did they?

[@kamaleialpizar8055]

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.

[@PopCross]

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]

Oh my gosh! I’m subbed to you!

[@rohanimations]

Yo how’s it going? 😄

[@gavindennis9988]

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

[@mooncat7009]

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

[@arcanealchemist3190]

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.

[@nando11220]

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

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

ew bot above me what a shame

[@ZayxSt]

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

[@GridSludge]

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

[@jongiles415]

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.

[@willowg7131]

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.

[@animble]

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

[@emilemil1]

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

[@106640guy]

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]

@@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]

@@emilemil1 They could've been on mobile

[@evolicious]

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.

[@jolan1072]

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]

Could you tell it was from their channel?

[@sikksotoo]

@@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]

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

[@n-arc03talks57]

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

[@jackbrown6859]

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

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

Linus also got hacked

[@carsbykris]

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]

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

[@theotherguy6155]

Again? Happened a few years ago too

[@carsbykris]

@@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]

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.

[@dstrkt.cs2]

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

[@Jimmy_Jones]

An ad for bitcoin?

[@gmaster2647]

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

[@VGEJackler]

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

[@iGooner]

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]

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.

[@tfrowlett8752]

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

[@jalin8039]

Yes like an itch that you can't scratch

[@Newt2799]

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

[@KevinvanDiest]

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

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

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

[@darkconcept.]

true

[@olii921]

Yes

[@GamesRUs-bj2ut]

Yes

[@princessscarlet2219]

Hey, you!

[@Dokattak]

“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]

well, 5.7 mil is a lot of people to scam

[@BlackEagle352]

Or it's just easy.

[@drantigon]

To get easy money

[@epicterry6706]

Russian bitcoin scammers

[@theradiantdehd3997]

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.

[@derekwilson9292]

Glad to see you back love your vids

[@Darkmule01]

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

[@Sorable]

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]

how stressful

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

How the hell did you get it back? Do you have local support in the US or something? KZbin 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]

It always strikes me as crazy all these channels pouring all their money, time, hopes and dreams into one company. KZbin 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 KZbin shuts them down, they can still operate.

[@TigerGreene]

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

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

@@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 :(

[@AnkurVashishtha01]

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]

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]

@@GlennDavey This is one of the most ignorant statements I’ve seen on KZbin. 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]

@@EarleTKG Hahahahahaha

[@GlennDavey]

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

[@GlennDavey]

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

[@welshdave5263]

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

[@somuthomas]

Scary times!! good to see, things are back to normal

[@yaboyblacklist2431]

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]

I’m still confused how the hack was even achieved

[@computer_toucher]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@inanimatesum4945]

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]

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

[@st0nedpenguin]

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

[@CiDK]

@@st0nedpenguin A lot of these KZbin 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]

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]

@@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.

[@chicharongbaboy]

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

[@EmpPeng2k7]

Glad to see you back up all

[@Thirust]

They beat youtube moderation, that's a true accomplishment

[@Gojirawars03]

Not too difficult because they get trending so often.

[@far22186]

Wish Steven crowder could

[@Gojirawars03]

@@far22186 Same lol.

[@sespider]

@@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]

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.

[@jordanalysecoleman2118]

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

[@angelh23]

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.

[@AgentVamp]

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

[@nicozika]

glad to have you guys back

[@Level2Sniper_]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@zerafina6623 to test before they hack them.

[@zerafina6623]

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

[@MasonParkinson]

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]

Twice? Bloody hell.

[@noobemath]

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

[@maxdon2001]

Great video! Damn this sucks that this happened to you!

[@a_dh_in9852]

luv ur vids keep up the good work

[@KyleIdk]

Thank god you guys are still here!

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Wren was crying in the cupboard.

[@emppos432]

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]

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]

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

[@gurjantsinghfilms]

Glad you guys are back!

[@Treasuremonk]

Niko seems like the most genuine , kindest person.

[@InvalidationX145]

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.

[@ProfessionalNwah]

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

[@LednacekZ]

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

[@MGlBlaze]

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]

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

[@redholm]

It's because they know that youtube can fix it. KZbin has many times in the past done this. And especially for big channels they try to get them back online fast to make KZbin 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]

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

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Gives me hope LTT will get their stuff fixed.

[@anglerfish61]

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]

You only saw what they edited and uploaded.

[@biazacha]

@@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]

@@biazacha Again. EDITING.

[@jaredsmith2229]

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

[@blingberrystew]

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

[@TheCommonGentry]

I've been gone from yt for month. So glad you guys got it back.

[@threehorsesxxx5759]

Thank God you fixed the problem wish you the best.

[@nardinatur911]

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!

[@billveusay9423]

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.

[@thedovahkiin7896]

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

[@exuletempus]

good luck, glad ya back 😁

[@batangbatugan]

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!

[@rovalin6300]

Same.

[@tgnm9615]

"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]

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

[@zodiacsyndicate6986]

@@KieranThomasSmith And the website is increasing in subscribers

[@MerpSquirrel]

I will keep following you guys always in hopes maybe one day you will come back to St Paul to do a movie and I could be an extra.