The famous German YouTuber Julien Zheng Zheng Kho Budorovits, better known by the pseudonym “Julien Bam,” had an encounter with hackers during Easter. However, not only he but also at least two other well-known Twitch streamers and YouTubers have fallen victim to the same hackers.
What kind of hackers were they? The fraudsters promoted scams related to cryptocurrencies. They renamed the hacked YouTube channels and advertised the Bitcoin scam in streams and posts.
What were the consequences? Julien Bam initially reported in Instagram stories that all of his channels, providers, and accounts had been hacked. Additionally, the scammers allegedly used his PC to mine cryptocurrencies.
Julien’s main channel is now empty; there are currently no videos on the 5.7 million subscriber YouTube channel. His second channel “Bulien Jam” and his third channel “JUcktmichnicht” currently show this message when opened: “This account has been terminated for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.”
Furthermore, he has therefore lost a total of nearly 40,000 subscribers across all three YouTube channels (via socialblade.com). Julien Bam already reached out to YouTube on Twitter to seek contact with the platform. YouTube has already responded and stated that they would discuss further steps with him via private messages.
Julien Bam is not the only victim of hackers
Who else was affected? Tastelessly, the late Reckful on YouTube was also targeted, who was so beloved that a huge memorial service was held in WoW. A stream was also started for him, promoting the Bitcoin scam with a presentation from Elon Musk (via Twitter). However, a video editor from Reckful took care of the issue and was able to restore the YouTube channel.
Additionally, the Twitch account of former streamer Fedmyster was used to loop the video of Elon Musk (via Livestreamfails.com). The livestream platform took initiative and banned Fedmyster (via Twitter). An average of 800 people watched the scam stream.
So be cautious in the future if you notice that your favorite content creators suddenly promote cryptocurrencies.
Julien Bam will surely get his channels back. YouTube must have a backup that they can restore. It remains questionable how the hackers gained access, especially since at least Julien Bam had even activated a 3-factor authentication.
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