How HACKERS deleted my YouTube Channel...!

A story about a stupid mistake, getting hacked, deleting my Zelda KZbin channel... and then getting it back!
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♪ Music ♪
Catch Fish Fanfare (Zelda Twilight Princess)
Kaepora Gaebora's Theme (Zelda Ocarina of Time)
Smoothing the Whole Thing Over (Essential Jazz Masters)
Grave Blow (Kevin Macleod)
Battle (ZREO: Ocarina of Time)
At Our Parting (SLSMusic)
Nerves (Kevin Macleod)
Divine Beast Vah Medoh (Zelda Breath of the Wild)
Crusade Heavy Industry (Kevin Macleod)
Temple of Time (Zelda Twilight Princess)
Cave (Zelda Twilight Princess)
Departure (ZREO: Wind Waker)
Inside The Pirate Ship (The Wind Waker)
[Directly contact me for other songs/sound effects]

[@TheBreadPirate]

Yes... am I an idiot! How could you tell?

[@JamOnBread34]

I was wondering why your profile picture turned red Edit: I am sorry I have a struggle seeing red and orange.

[@HarmonyMoonbeam024]

That's ok, were all idiots sometimes. I'm just glad you have your channel back!

[@woomy6664]

As someone once said, (in a meme I saw) “I’m a genius yet an idiot”.

[@AivarasEi9297]

Your really unlucky

[@gabrielmazer5791]

Hopefully your ok now

[@Bark_the_Bokoblin]

Dang, those hackers beat me to the punch.

[@rsnnramlall9642]

ratio

[@TrueOracle]

@@rsnnramlall9642 that just sad…

[@TheBreadPirate]

Tisk tisk tisk... when will you learn Bark.

[@IBFclan-gk5ly]

Bark has a KZbin channel!?

[@HarmonyMoonbeam024]

@@TheBreadPirate I'm assuming never

[@Little_L]

Glad you got the channel back so quickly!

[@Howzieky]

Little_L what a chad

[@LocalSinkPisser]

You deserve this 👑

[@itsamine4840]

GIGA CHAD!

[@seyrensamin4975]

Gigahertz

[@SealiosSpring]

Little_L more like Big_W

[@TerraWolf_Teratio]

The fact that the orange recolor to be changed to a fox rubbed the salt into the wound even more when they realised they hadn’t got your twitter and side channels, as well as the fact that when you got it back you foxified it yourself by changing it to orange

[@HerooftheWild]

Honestly, shaking my head, these hackers and scammers need to be stopped. They really don't have anything better to do, this also happened to Billiam and luckily he got his channel Thankfully you got your channel Bread

[@TheBreadPirate]

I'm relieved as well! It's good to know that KZbin support is doing a good job.

[@breadlord7958]

@@TheBreadPirate so true

[@pokeli2728]

Hackers are so talented. If only they would use that talent for good, instead of bad. It has taken me a good few months just to learn what they do to try and hack things and I still don't even know how to replicate it in an attempt to figure out how hackers actually operate, let alone stop them.

[@potatoe972]

I think hacking should only be used for good causes, like little pranks or starting args.

[@frogerepresenativegaming3550]

could i intrest you in a channel called scammer payback? (seriously if you want to see bad people crash and burn check them out their awesome)

[@biCARRIEous]

The moment I saw a notification for Fox "News" pop up on my phone, I KNEW someone had gotten hacked. Sorry it happened to you. I hope you didn't lose out on much. Some people take a HUGE hit from getting hacked. Glad you're back and able to make light of the situation! ❤

[@RinHara5aki]

Glad you made it out of that mess! My Twitter was hacked for years, felt awful. Also yoshi is adorable 😄

[@TheBreadPirate]

Thanks Rin! 😁

[@robotkid1189]

Thanks Gamespot, you give support to one of my favourite KZbinrs ever!

[@Swack]

So glad you got it back man, this was such a fun way to recap it! ya managed to turn an unfortunate situation into an essential part of the channel's legacy.

[@Squimblink]

It's honestly really surprising that you got the channel back so soon bc some people lose their channel for weeks.

[@VarenvelDarakus]

because these hacks because quite common occurrence and youtube had to delegate a special support team to deal with this , i still remember time where it first happened and people sometimes waited half a year or 3 months to have chanel reinstated (some also never got reinstated ratio was like 60/40 or 50/50 depending if channel was big or small , smaller ones had no chance to be reinstated) , it shows that youtube is doing something about it or atleast they are trying.

[@martaniewiadomska5362]

I did not notice that your channel was gone, but I'm so happy that you're back and nothing bad happened at the end. Don't feel too bad for downloading a virus it happens to the best of us after all. I'm looking up to more of great content from my favourite ¼ ounce Active Dry Yeast 2 ¼ cups Warm Water (110 ° to 115 °) 3 tablespoons Sugar (plus 1/2 teaspoon sugar) 1 tablespoon Salt 2 tablespoons Canola Oil add cups Bread Flour based pirate. Keep up the good work.

[@GooseCartoons]

How long do you bake it for?

[@SlowForest]

While the events that are described in this video are absolutely terrifying, all I could think about while watching is how well this video is scripted, narrated and edited! You made such an entertaining video out of this horrid experience lmao

[@Skew0443]

for a hot minuet i thought this would segway into a VPN sponsorship. kinda glad it didn't. Glad you got your channel back! it was hacked during a time where i took a break from being online, sorry i couldn't spread the word more.

[@Psyducks-headache]

I got notified for the stream and was super confused. I'm like I've never subscribed to this channel and immediately became one of those who unsubbed 😅 but luckily I found your story on Twitter and immediately returned to resub lol. Glad to have you back Bread Pirate!

[@Potatomaster1005]

You're incredibly lucky you got your channel back. I'm glad it worked out

[@BlobVanDam]

Glad you got your channel back so quickly! It's always so sad getting a notification for a live stream from Fox/Tesla and trying to figure out which channel got hacked. :(

[@TheBreadPirate]

Thanks Blob! I'm glad it's over and done with too.

[@CherriHoney]

never take scr files as granted

[@TheBreadPirate]

I learned that the hard way.

[@wouterdutch4706]

I didn't know this until I saw your community tab post, so sorry to hear that you had to go through all that stress!

[@Wild_Kid]

So glad to see your channel back! I have seen other channels get hacked too. These hackers are just jerks at the end of the day. Talk about letting your talent go to waste.

[@Apple_Sauce_Zelda]

This is one of my favourite videos of yours! It’s the perfect video, jokes, compelling writing, it’s got it all!! Glad it all turned out ok and you got your channel back

[@Lemonberrys]

I like that you still being creative about the video , it's not just you talking in front of camera / just straight BoTW gameplay but you mixed it up and what you say fit what the gameplay (?) or scene is about. Also glad you get your channel back!

[@rosieleaverton]

Oof, sorry that this happened to you, man. Those hackers are very tricky and if you're not being super careful, they can get you. I remember a week or two ago, I got a random notification for a Fox News account that I didn't remember subbing to, but when I clicked on the video, it said the channel had been deleted. Suppose it was those heckin' hackers. Glad you got everything back! Stay safe out there!

[@evansed1439]

Yay you’re back! I kept looking for your channel and I couldn’t find it 😢 I’m so glad I saw this in my recommended!

[@ZokariVirek21]

Bread, I'm really sorry this happened to you, but I'm really glad you've recovered and I'm VERY impressed with your visual aids! ^-^ Great work!

[@TheDandyAndy26]

He really posted this only hours after LTT's channel was hacked

[@TheBreadPirate]

Irony.

[@BoyProdigyX]

Yo! I thought those UL's looked weird! Poor Linus... And poor BP!

[@judaiyuki5597]

now the fox news network needs to be hacked XD

[@aDjay111]

So glad you didn’t loose your channel!!! I love your content❤

[@ProjectParanormalproductions]

Your still a great youtuber and im sorry that happened but im glad everything is better Also love the new logo for your channel

[@wizcatcheslightning]

Thanks for spreading awareness on this BP!

[@link3613]

Must've been rough. I'm glad everything is fine now and the sub count is going back up again! (Also i really like the fox themed branding!)

[@majoraman03]

It would be awful if you lost your account right before the release of Tears Of The Kingdom! So glad you're back!

[@vebrown1982]

Holy cow I am so sorry this happen to you!!!! I am so glad you got it all back!! Seriously!! I would have really missed you!!! Yay🎉🎉🎉🎉!!

[@thatcat_]

Great video! Nice to see all the information on this

[@joshuacarlton4724]

I'm glad you got that back. as soon as I saw the icon on that "pdf" file I knew it was a program and not a pdf, although to be honest I probably would have fell for it and tried to open it anyway just to see what it was XD

[@lcyFox999]

I saw the stream and was confused then went to the channel and it showed some old videos where in the intro it said you were the bread pirate, I was literally freaking out when your channel got removed as you are one of my favourite content creators. :D

[@TheBreadPirate]

Sorry for getting you freaked out! I'll try to delete my channel less often in the future.

[@lcyFox999]

@@TheBreadPirate Thanks :D

[@levismith4174]

@@lcyFox999 lol

[@breadlord7958]

@@lcyFox999 lol

[@BowlOSoup6661]

This scared me too, haven't been subbed for long but I love this channel

[@YksnilLeinah]

For some reason this situation makes me think of the story for breath of the wild, this is what I mean: The fake sponsorship email/ signs of the calamity returning Bread pirate losing his channel/ the start of the calamity the channel being terminated/ when link had fallen in battle and was put in the shrine of resurrection for 100 years The support from everybody/ link freeing the divine beasts to help Bread pirate getting his channel back/ destroying ganon I know it’s a lot to take in but I just noticed it

[@moonlight33527]

Waaaoo the zelda community is so amazing sometimes . I'm glad you got your account back tho like your channel makes me learn pretty cool stuff like not to touch scr files!!! :D

[@baldhisoka9622]

WOW!! Talk about being a PINGAS! I can't believe you did that. Honestly, such a pingas. In all seriousness, glad you got your account back. We don't know what to do if our pirate would be gone missing.

[@InfinFox]

I'm honestly disgusted that this scam is happening so much at the moment, glad to see you get your channel back ^^

[@Retrospectre_Z]

I'm glad that you had an amazing support system and welcome back The Bread Pirate! Keep making that awesome content! Looking forward to it.

[@TheBreadPirate]

Thanks Z!!

[@WildWaker]

I am so relieved that everything went ok. You are one of my favorite youtubers

[@Void_Blade.]

So glad u got ur channel back! Whoever works the YT customer support accounts and helped you so immediately is an absolute Gigachad

[@red_panda2662]

Glad you got your channel back, KZbin did so well!

[@UltravioletNomad]

Two biggest security precautions you can take that you don't typically hear. 1. If you don't have third party manager fielding your emails to theirs, make your own business email, completely detached from all of your accounts but listed on all your pages. 2. Make a virtual machine that you use to access said emails so that IF you get compromised, you can reset the VM like nothing happened. Of course these steps are also improved with a VPN so other IPs on your network aren't breached, though that's unlikely.

[@elianewinter2638]

i’m super glad you got all your channels back! also, Yoshi is an absolute treasure aww

[@eviemelie3014]

Wow, that’s sucks. But I’m so glad you got it back! This sort of thing happened to another KZbinr I watch. But they were ok in the end!

[@micheltrottier-mcdonald7961]

Very glad you got your channel back with all the work you put into it and the well-deserved subscriber count. Any ideas what those hackers were really after? Posting Fox News content is such a weird thing to do to a hacked channel. Only thing that makes sense to me is that this was a sophisticated trolling attempt.

[@TheBreadPirate]

I suspect it was a bitcoin scam.

[@MoblinFanLikesMoblins]

Oh I’ve heard of a game studio sponsor scamming/hacking someone. Might have been the same people.

[@TheBreadPirate]

That is entirely possible.

[@tol_ghost]

Congrats on everything working out!!

[@miscellaneousbits4368]

I was there, so happy you got Ur stuff back! Fox news pirate is now Ur alter ego and you can never change it

[@TheBreadPirate]

They are my evil twin. 🦊

[@Zucker1210]

@@TheBreadPirate They are actually a channel we have in Australia

[@ChiPandaAndKeegan]

Glad you got the channel back! (And I pogged when I saw my Twitter account make a cheeky cameo.) It's great that KZbin's Twitter account was so proactive, but I do find it odd that KZbin's best way to help creators comes through a thrid party social media website. They should implement a better support system on KZbin.

[@TheBreadPirate]

I agree, that is very odd. But, if it works, then why fix it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@riptidedune]

I adore the orange color scheme and I’m glad that your channel could be recovered quickly

[@Hawkshadow74]

So glad you got your channel back! Also Yoshi is so cute 😍

[@Trixie_Lavender]

It's okay, Bred Pyrate. We all make mistaks. Glad it worked out for you

[@Soul_404.]

“Bred pyrate”

[@Final_Starman]

HE PIRATED THE PIRATE

[@Batshite_crazy]

😂

[@T0psyDurpy]

I'm so glad your channel is alright I dont watch you on this account but you make the funniest zelda content ever I hope you get a switch someday for tears of the kingdom

[@ParadiseBirdAngel]

Im so glad you got your channel back! I just recently found it and i would hate to let it go 😢

[@icemaster-]

"I respond to every comment." Honestly, I don't blame him for not actually responding to every comment though.

[@icemaster-]

Imagine if he responded just now.

[@gabrielmatos6308]

Ok, so... I really want more Yoshi videos, he is adorable

[@TheBreadPirate]

Yeah, my whole family loves her. Even though she can be fiesty.

[@MoblinFanLikesMoblins]

Glad you’re back bread

[@TheBreadPirate]

Thanks Moblin!

[@MoblinFanLikesMoblins]

@@TheBreadPirate no prob, you’re welcome :D

[@justinvirtue1374]

I noticed the hack but I had no idea what channel it was. Glad you're back!

[@CJ_DJ]

I got a KZbin notification from Fox News which I was confused about because I’m not subscribed to them but now I understand what happened. Glad you got your channel back so quickly!

[@Jan12700]

Same happend to Linus Tech Tips today, even they aren't save from the Scams

[@TheBreadPirate]

We are all at risk.

[@RobloxOverloadGames]

You mean Linus fox news?

[@zeldacube]

Glad you got your channel back, what would we do without it?

[@thacasualgamer0711]

make another channel

[@RyanDang2408]

I had 3 or 4 of your videos in my Watch Later playlist (yes I sleep to zelda theories) just to realize that they disappeared. I thought to myself that that was kinda weird but nintendo content just goes poof every now and then so I didn't think much of it. Glad you're back

[@oliviadouglas7352]

I told Little_L thanks for helping get ur channel back. Even though I don't play BotW, (Or even have a needed console to play it) I love watching your vids.

[@MiMiGunDK]

I am happy at you got your youtube channel back and I'm actually very fond of foxes, so it's an extra good in my eyes ^_^

[@Corviknight2678Animations]

Glad that you were able to recover your channel! Thanks for also revealing the prosess of how you were hacked and how you were able to recover. Kinda crazy how a .SCR screensaver file could be disguised as a virus. (Very good to know for me personally.) I've seen other channel being transfomed into a FOX NEWS channel with that odd live video, so it's not common that this happens. Hope that this doesnt happen ever again!

[@therealcalminecrafter250]

I actually ran into hackers a lot, I hate if I try to keep other people away KZbin like’s deleting my comments, I’m glad you got your channel back

[@whitetiger7343]

Welcome back Pirate! Thanks to all who helped the recovery!

[@Crafterrian]

This has been happening a lot recently. At least 3 other channels that I watch have had the same thing happen to them over the past 2 months.

[@zigazav1]

Adorable kitty you have there! ^^ I love cats so much, and they love me. I have yet to meet a cat who did not like me at all. Even the one we used to have, who hated my mom so much, loved me still. On the topic about this video though, I'm glad you recovered your account. And I guess the terminated account on my list of people I'm Subscribed to on KZbin, was yours. I honestly was kinda panicking when I noticed an account I'm Subbed to being terminated, but I couldn't figure it out who got terminated. I now think it was you, as that terminated channel is now not displayed as being terminated. Good to know you managed to recover your channel, not everyone has ties to people who can aid in rescuing your account from hackers

[@TryNotToDoDrugs]

I was genuinely sad because i thought that you had stopped making youtube videos, but its so great that youtube was able to get it sorted.

[@AQMinecraftD]

I am so glad you are safe now you’re my favorite KZbinr 🎉

[@THELarvauser]

Ermergersh I love Yoshi! Such a cute boi! Also, glad to hear you have your channel back from the hack. Keep up the awesome work, and don't trust suspicious sponsors.

[@Axolotls_arecute45]

Well I'm just glad to have you back!

[@Raze_Core]

Hey Bread I have some useless facts I hope you like them (1) when link runs out of stamina then try’s to pull out a weapon when nothing is equipped he hunch’s at a almost perfect 90 degree angle, even better when he does this when he is about to recover his stamina he hunches then stands up straight (2) when you use the scope to pin a area you might notice the pin has letters above it which when translated say “s to go alone” more then likely saying “it’s dangerous to go alone” (3) if a guardian is trying to shoot you just hide behind a horse and it will not be able to see you (4) if you push Beddle from one stable all the way to another one he will meet his twin brother (5) at the Serrene stable of it’s raining and night the dogs eyes will glow bright green just like the wild moose If you actually read all this than thank you

[@Emis_Builds]

I noticed cause I would never be subbed to a Fox News channel but didn’t think to much of it I didn’t realise that was you glad to have you back :))

[@ImWxdo]

Your stream was amazing!

[@FakeFantum]

Glad you got it back, king. Also, making this as a sort of cautionary video is really cool of you.

[@vichilltime]

Glad you got ur channel back bro!

[@Hylian_Kitty]

Wow, when I saw the Fox News thing I thought it was KZbin recommending it, but then I went on the next day I went on and was horrified! I thought you were gone when I saw the Fox News stuff, but I checked the next day making sure you were ok. Then, when I saw you switched your channel back, I was relieved. I’m so glad you’re back Bread!

[@Xytricity]

Glad your back!😅

[@marcfuchs6938]

You already got my like, sadly I can't give another one for kitty. So adorable!

[@tristanodinlegein8080]

This amazing story earned you a sub!

[@westinwatkins8902]

I am so sorry for your loss 😢

[@littlefiddlesticks]

Glad it was a quick turnaround mr bread! Sorry the jerk-butts were bad to you! Always be aware of the fishys! Good luck in the future! Ill stay subscribed cause i think youre funny!

[@henryprattphotography]

When you said “I’ve been your host the Fox News Pirate” I honest thought you were about to say have fun storming that capitol 💀

[@TylerTownsend]

He’s back!!!! Glad KZbin resolved this so quickly!!!

[@catharinehatcher5024]

You and a little well are my favorite Zelda KZbinrs

[@Kipper6464]

Wow I had no Idea something like this happened good that you got your channel back Bread

[@judaiyuki5597]

the bread pirate was wondering why frisbees got bigger the closer they got then it hit him

[@KellerMobile]

So glad ur back

[@pheasantofhyrule]

I'm really sorry these garbage people got you, but thanks for making this. That's a warning I really appreciate hearing now and again.

[@Renshe_rip_bear6971]

Hey Bread I heard what happened to your channel I hope you get your channel back on track. If you get all your stuff back please make more Zelda videos all of them gave me so much ideas and help on Zelda Botw. Im sorry for your channel ❤🙏

[@Breaking_Chad]

Dude the moment I saw the greeting and the grammar, I knew. I'm glad you got your stuff back.

[@IanHsieh]

You're really lucky to get your channel back in one piece. I'm gonna be very careful now that I am also doing streams on my subchannel too.

[@raccoony_draws]

So that's why I got a notification about Fox news. I remember getting the notification and thinking "I never subbed to Fox news what the heck?" I was so confused! But I'm glad you got the channel back! Thank goodness! 😭

[@sestricken2324]

I'm so glad you made a video explaining this, I was having an existential crisis wondering when the heck I subbed to "Fox News Pirate" because I was getting their livestream notifications 😂

[@jacbarrett1164]

So glad you got your channel back!!! 😅

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

Little L is a chad, he helped you with everything, im glad you’re back

[@LXTROUBLE]

Thanks for the tutorial mate

[@Bokoboii]

Glad you're back with your youtube channel and everything turned out alright! orange is better than green anyways :)