Microsoft YouTube Channel Hacked And Regained!
Microsoft’s official<a href="https://www.youtube.com/microsoft" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Microsoft - YouTube</a> seems to have been usurped by someone not associated with the company, who has deleted all of the videos and posted entreaties to people asking for sponsorships, apparently expecting an influx of traffic as the news disperses. The company states that it is no public stunt.
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This is how the channel looked at 9.45am(Pacific Time) Source: GeekWire
People who have subscribed to the Microsoft's videos and updates on the Youtube channel have received notifications about  two new uploads by the company, both of them very basic videos evidently tapping advertisements for the channel. Then a third video was uploaded which was very similar to the previous two. The channel background has been changed and all of the company’s archived videos, including the ones of its newly launched advertising campaign, have been deleted.
<blockquote>A message on the channel went like this:  “I DID NOTHING WRONG I SIMPLY SIGNED INTO MY ACCOUNT THAT I MADE IN 2006 :/â€</blockquote>
A leading technology#-Link-Snipped-# got hold of the company to know about these developments. They got these from the company:
<blockquote>11:40 a.m.(Pacific Time): Microsoft stated they were aware that someone had altered the YouTube channel devoted to Microsoft videos. They were working with YouTube to rectify the situation.
2:07 p.m.(Pacific Time): A new statement from Microsoft added that they had regained control of the Microsoft channel on YouTube, and that they were working to restore all of the original content. They'll be continuing their relationship with YouTube and will ensure better safeguards in the future.</blockquote>
The recent reports show that they have regained access to their site. We just hope that Google, which is the proud parent of YouTube, takes into account that such things are avoided in the future. It has a duty to protect its corporate partners. By ignoring its duty, it may be endangering all corporate YouTube accounts. The users believed that all this notifications and updates were just a prank played by MS before realizing the gravity of the situation.
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This is how the channel looked at 9.45am(Pacific Time) Source: GeekWire
People who have subscribed to the Microsoft's videos and updates on the Youtube channel have received notifications about  two new uploads by the company, both of them very basic videos evidently tapping advertisements for the channel. Then a third video was uploaded which was very similar to the previous two. The channel background has been changed and all of the company’s archived videos, including the ones of its newly launched advertising campaign, have been deleted.
<blockquote>A message on the channel went like this:  “I DID NOTHING WRONG I SIMPLY SIGNED INTO MY ACCOUNT THAT I MADE IN 2006 :/â€</blockquote>
A leading technology#-Link-Snipped-# got hold of the company to know about these developments. They got these from the company:
<blockquote>11:40 a.m.(Pacific Time): Microsoft stated they were aware that someone had altered the YouTube channel devoted to Microsoft videos. They were working with YouTube to rectify the situation.
2:07 p.m.(Pacific Time): A new statement from Microsoft added that they had regained control of the Microsoft channel on YouTube, and that they were working to restore all of the original content. They'll be continuing their relationship with YouTube and will ensure better safeguards in the future.</blockquote>
The recent reports show that they have regained access to their site. We just hope that Google, which is the proud parent of YouTube, takes into account that such things are avoided in the future. It has a duty to protect its corporate partners. By ignoring its duty, it may be endangering all corporate YouTube accounts. The users believed that all this notifications and updates were just a prank played by MS before realizing the gravity of the situation.
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