StraightSilver Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 I couldn't find the specific thread for the Astartes animations so apologies for creating this one. In case people didn't know the creator of Astartes has had his Youtube account hacked. :( he appealed to Youtube to get his own account back.... and failed!! There is currently an appeal on Twitter etc to get Youtube to reverse their decision and allow the original creator to get his account back. Details here: This is quite a big deal as his account has a lot of subscribers and views and it would take a lot of work to get them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev'an Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 That’s utterly ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berzul Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 THanks for pointing this out. Already distributed the news to every single warhammer player I know here in m city. StraightSilver 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightSilver Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 That’s utterly ridiculous It really is, but apparently not uncommon on Youtube. :( @Berzul: yeah, I'm trying to spread it as much as possible too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derLumpi Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Wow, that is really ridiculous. Did you share it on FB already? I'm currently at work so I'm unable to post at FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightSilver Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Wow, that is really ridiculous. Did you share it on FB already? I'm currently at work so I'm unable to post at FB. On the B&C Facebook group? I actually didn't, will do that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derLumpi Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 I think we can reach more guys with FB. I will share this when I get home. StraightSilver 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Reinhard Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 This is why we can't have nice things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightSilver Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) This is why we can't have nice things I agree. I hate to think this is due to the success of the project. It got a mention on the Corridor Crew channel fairly recently and received a lot of praise. sadly I think that meant it got "out in the wild" as it were and somebody has taken advantage. I suspect this means the rather nasty individual is now able to take control of any revenue Astartes may have generated. Edited November 15, 2019 by StraightSilver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev'an Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 It was okay a couple of days ago when I was watching it for the millionth time!! Utterly ridiculous situation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulf Vengis Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) This isn't uncommon at all right now with YouTube's current policies. It's happening all over the place to creators of almost every level. YouTube has seemingly left these accounts to die and points to the user policy changes they've made recently in their defense. On topic: This is perhaps the worst thing that could happen to this project at this stage. Hopefully the creator has master copies of his previous works. I hope this all works out for them. Edited November 15, 2019 by Wulf Vengis Exilyth 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolgrim DeathHowl Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 I got a lot of gamer friends on my facebook I can share it too and see if that helps some. BLACK BLŒ FLY 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exilyth Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Stuff like that is the #1 reason I never re-use passwords and even have different mail addresses for different sites. Also, obligatory xkcd: https://www.xkcd.com/936/ That aside, I hope the creator will be able to resolve this, one way (regain account access) or another (repopulate new account and get old account removed). BLACK BLŒ FLY and Dudley Nightshade 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 The creator needs to get a hacker to hack the account to get it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Apparently someone bought the account from the hackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 The guy who bought it is also a criminal. He would be incredibly ignorant to not have heard what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxichobbit Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 The guy who bought it is also a criminal. He would be incredibly ignorant to not have heard what happened. I doubt he/she cares. Given that they're using the popularity of the channel to post phishing links they're already a criminal way before they bought Astartes. Exilyth 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Caldersson Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I was given a link to check out that was posted on the by the Astartes or "Ciao" channel. Needless to say you shouldn't click any links by this YT account until it has been recovered. However I checked it out, and it is of course malicious. I suspect that it is ransomware. However I do not have a full forensic lab at my home. I took safety precautions and I don't recommend anyone do this. Stay safe brothers and keep up the fight. RolandTHTG, Slave to Darkness and Toxichobbit 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev'an Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Just unsub the account, when it’s lost all the followers it’s worthless. It’s crap but I’d create a new channel it’ll soon pick it back up and make sure I had some serious 2factor authorisation Etc. BLACK BLŒ FLY 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Stuff like that is the #1 reason I never re-use passwords and even have different mail addresses for different sites. Also, obligatory xkcd: https://www.xkcd.com/936/ While that comic is correct, it's also mostly outdated. These days just use a password-manager of your choice. It should be able to randomly generate passwords of any length too so you don't even have to remember them anymore. You can secure those managers either via password (then of course it matters again) or something like your fingerprint or such (most newer smartphones/tablets and laptops have fingerprint scanners these days but you could also buy some cheap for your desktop PC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 =][= The discussion is straying from what is acceptable under the B&C rules and there's not much we can do about this situation other than let people know, which is happening thanks to prominent members of the community. As such this thread has fulfilled its purpose and can be left to rest. =][= Gederas 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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