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Scam involving YouTube channel theft, Russian website, legendary audio engineer (reddit.com)
2 points by hunter2_ on April 6, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



I always see such a lively discussion whenever the topic of audio comes up, that perhaps some of you are familiar with legendary live sound engineer Dave Rat [0]. His Youtube channel [1] was created in October 2006, not long after Youtube itself was launched, so a huge portion of the industry is familiar with his excellent videos. Today the channel got stolen for the purpose of driving traffic to a scam website [2] that promises to double your money instantly, using the familiarity of Elon Musk and Ark Invest to feign legitimacy.

I linked this post to the reddit discussion rather than the channel/video/scam itself, as it will be the most persistent in case Youtube support rolls things back, which is obviously the goal. What are the chances of this getting resolved?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Rat

[1] https://www.youtube.com/c/DaveRat/about

[2] hxxps://22musk.com


Shoot, now the account has been terminated. My previous comment that control had been regained was likely a DIY effort (i.e. the attacker didn't prevent a password reset flow or anything) judging by a post [0] suggesting same.

[0] https://imgur.com/gallery/dmmwWHB


Control has been regained. As you were...




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