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How can I protect my YouTube channel from a hacker?
How to get back your hacked YouTube channel
Nowadays popular YouTube channel are getting hacked. In this
blog today I’m going to explain you how YouTube channel are getting hacked and
how can we protect YouTube channel.
If you are using YouTube and have a famous YouTube channel,
than you might face YouTube channel hacked problems there are many things to think
when you are saving a channel. Mainly, the black hat hackers are using social
engineering which is one of the
effective ways to hack creator's channels.
The hackers usually sends links in the mail to know the YouTube
creators personal information. When the user receive the link and click on that link, the hacker gets
all the information of creators including various password which are saved in
the devices and also takes the Creator's
channel.
Except YouTube channel your Gmail Id is also one the most important
for you. Your Gmail contains a lot of private information, hacking Gmail also effects
you and you might lose your most important information.
If you don’t have YouTube channel than also you have to pay attention
for the save of your Gmail id. Using your Gmail Id hackers might get access to
your bank or any other financial transaction and you might lose your money.
First of all Hackers tries to get access to your Gmail ID
and then they used to gain access to numerous other accounts. If your Gmail ID
might get hacked, Instagram id, Twitter id or TikTok, FB id various other
social platform account can also be hacked.
So the Gmail Id is one the most important and plays a most important role here. If you want to be safe from being targeted by the hackers group. Then following thing you most have to consider:
1. You most use Two-Step
Verification in every social media account including Gmail and YouTube.
2. Always remember your recovery questions, Date of birth, email
or recovery number of your YouTube channel. If you haven’t used any recovery questions,
Date of birth, email or number, you must have to add in time.
3. Don’t use pirated software on your pc as much as possible.
The software which you use pirated they used to carry ransomware. The pirated
software used to hack all those saved passwords which are used in PC by
unlocking the file.
4. Avoid log in anywhere except in your device with your
YouTube Gmail ID. If you are using it than immediately remove it.
5. Always change your passwords time to time and use your
passwords including number and unique character. Note down or write somewhere the password
which you have changed.
6. Avoid or Refuse to advertise in your YouTube channel for some
dollars on WhatsApp and email. People used to get attracted in paying money
more than the value of your channel.
7. Avoid request to review the apps. The Hackers might take creator
data using their apps.
8. In many hacking cases it is found that the hackers use
the channel opening ID by the channel manager. Usually It is found that the YouTube
creators ID used to hacked due to the negligence. So to manage a channel, give
the editor access to the ID of someone else who has not been given an ownership
ID. This will prevent the channel from being hacked.
If your YouTube ID is hacked in any of the following way.
how can we restore our YouTube channel ?
To get your channel back contact YouTube support. And keep the
following details safe:
1. Always note or Save the link of your YouTube channel.
2. Always Remember channel opening date, you can easily get
the date of your channel in the About section.
3. If your YouTube channel is hacked, get a link of your
video which you have recently uploaded in the channel. You can easily get the
link from a shared location.
4. Always Protect your Google AdSense publisher ID.
The channel can only be restored or you will get back if all
these things which I have described in the above steps only can be sent to
YouTube support. Be serious in time as your shortcomings will hack the channel.
Create a strong password & keep it safe
Your passwords must be strong which helps you keep to
your personal data or useful information safe and prevents someone from getting
into your personal account.
Always Create a strong, unique
and complex password: Use 6 characters
or more. It must be the combination of letters, numbers, and unique symbols.
Use Unique password: Always remember do
not use your password on any other sites. If you used that password in any other
site if that sites get hacked, than there will be the high chance that the
hackers use that password to enter to your YouTube account.
Don’t
use your personal information and easy or common words: Always use difficult password rather than using private
information like your Date of birth, common words such as “YouTube,” or common
patterns such as “12345.”
For account recovery use add or update
The recovery details used to do
following details:
- It
usually blocks the unwanted person from using your personal account with
your concern.
- It
keeps to updating Alert you if any unwanted activity occurs on your
account
- It
helps to recover your account.
Protect against doubtful messages & activities
The Hackers used
to get your personal data. Personal information can include:
- Bank or Financial data
- Phone number, National ID number/social security number
- ATM or Credit card numbers
- The Hackers usually use emails, text messages to acting to be a institutions, family members, or colleagues.YouTube never ask you for your password, email address, or other account information.
check the channel permissions
Are you a YouTube channel creator,
you can easily invite a person who can manage your YouTube channel without
giving any permission to your Google Account. Just Invite anyone to access
their channel as a:
- Manager: they Can edit channel details and add or remove.
- Editor: they Can edit details of a channel
- Viewer: they Can only view (but not edit) all channel details.
- Viewer (limited): theyCan view (but not edit) all channel details except revenue information.
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