April 4, 2024, 12:15 p.m. | /u/ro-mann

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Hi,

a number of big youtube channels got hacked by some ripple scammers:


[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrubNQUMGE&t=236s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrubNQUMGE&t=236s)


My question, how did they log into his account if he had 2FA activated? And how did they change his phone number if they hadn't access to his phone for confirmation?

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