Channel was TERMINATED, we got Hacked (Not Clickbait)

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Our channel was hacked into on Thursday morning, August 11th. We got it back several days later.

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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.

[DaTux]

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! 😊

[TheAlphaBeast]

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

[rovko]

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

[grutarg]

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.

[coopercowles]

Corridor Crew: “So, we got hacked…”

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

[nando]

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

[williamhanna]

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

[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!

[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.

[carlitodraws]

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!

[aviddad]

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

[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.

[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 YouTube 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 TeamYouTube 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...

[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!

[tfrowlett]

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

[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.

[rgret]

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

[WhatnotArt]

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

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

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