If you have changed your phone in recent years, you will most likely have ended up on a video of Andrea Galeazzi. First an architect, now practically a full-time YouTuber, Galeazzi is one of the most important items in Italy when we talk about technology product reviews. On YouTube it has 1.4 million subscribers. On Instagram 453,000 followers. Historic videos of the first smartphones by Stonex One by Francesco Facchinetti. A few hours ago he published a video to explain to all of them that someone stole his accounts.
Galeazzi doesn’t explain details about what happened: “A video that I never wanted to make. It was my fault. They cloned my email, they entered my Google. They cloned it. I don’t have access to YouTube. I’m trying to change my email to social media. Despair. If you see strange videos, it’s not me. They stole my Google account.”
What happened to Andrea Galeazzi’s YouTube channel
The dynamics are not clear, Galeazzi anticipates that he will explain what happened later. Meanwhile his YouTube channel is changed twice. First he was overturned by those who hacked into his accounts. The hacker, or more likely the group of hackers, changed the entire home page of the channel. Via the profile photo, via the cover photo, via also the playlists with videos. Everything has been replaced by one Bitcoin-themed content series.
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Not only that. After the hackers changed the entire look of the channel, they began to broadcast a live broadcast on investments. Then everything just disappeared. It is currently no longer reachable. It just reads: “This channel has been removed because it violated our Community Guidelines.”
Attacks that steal your account to sell Bitcoin
What happened to Galeazzi is a quite common type of scam. A user’s passwords are hacked and messages, videos and photos are distributed on social media to sell products. In Galeazzi’s case, the company advertised was called Strategy. In the live feed there was an overlay QR Code that invited users to enter a link. We didn’t have time to check the link but the QR Code would most likely lead users to one new scam.
