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Linus Tech Tips (LTT) founder Linus Sebastian revealed that he was a victim of a phishing attack, which eventually led to the official LTT account being compromised on August 12, 2024. Sebastian had made a number of posts on his personal account on X, @linusgsebastian, where he previously warned his audience not to interact with the "scam" posts being put up on the compromised account.
One of the many posts that were then put up on the hacked account stated that "a special promotion" was taking place, in which "signed" copies of ten MacBook Pros were being sold for $600 each. Announcing that he was the victim of the hacking, Linus stated in a post on his personal account:
"Welp I was phished. Classic case. Bound to happen to me once every 10 years or so, I guess."
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Linus Sebastian reveals that Linus Tech Tips X account was compromised after a "phishing" attack
Linus's initial post on X showcased a screenshot of an email he received, which stated that the LTT account had been logged in "from a new device". Despite him trying to log in within four minutes of receiving the email, the perpetrator had changed the password as well as tampered with the two-factor authentication of the account.
In subsequent posts, he remarked on X's lack of an account "lockdown" feature, which could have allowed him to restrict access to the Linus Tech Tips account from the hacking party.
Eventually, he stated that the situation was partly "on him" as he had clicked an unscrupulous link he received through an email while being distracted during a family event. He wrote:
"Will go through it on WAN Show, but I 100% should have known better. They got me during a BBQ and sent me scrambling for a solution when the solution would have been to do nothing."
Linus Tech Tips was part of a major controversy last year when a former employee Madison Reeve made a series of posts on X making serious allegations of bullying and harassment as well as sexual harassment being "ignored" within the company. However, in May 2024, Linus took to X to state that a third-party investigation had revealed that the allegations were "not substantiated" and were "false".
