Linus Tech Tips YouTube Channel Hacked for Crypto Scam Promotion

The popular YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hacked, with the channel’s 15.3 million subscribers seeing videos for crypto scams instead of tech hardware reviews. This is the latest in a series of high-profile YouTube accounts being hacked, with scammers regularly gaining access to prominent accounts to rename them and livestream crypto scam videos. It’s not immediately clear how the channels have been breached, but owner Linus Sebastian tweeted that he was aware of the situation and the company is working on it with Google. YouTube could do more to prevent the damaging effects of these scams, such as implementing a lockdown mode for high-profile accounts and a guardian system for channel actions.