AstroSky
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All due to stupid crypto scammer. Wont point any fingers but basically they was able to login through a cookie session I had through a FUCKING RAT Config. The fucked changed my phone. My 2fa meant nothing. My backups meant nothing. Literally this fucked removed all my content. Gone. Smashed to atoms. Just to promote a shit coin scammer for idiots who would believe it
This clown world destroying good things from good people and yes I think I'm a good person who wants to or have helped many people asking nothing in return.
The only goodnews is due to having some connections I was able to get in contact with a legit higher up in YouTube who has more control. Let's see where this goes. But basically my piece of advice
1. Don't trust 2fa. There's a thing called sim swapping that most providers can not fully prevent if the attacker is smart enough and knows how to social engineer. Your phone number is a risk. Don't use your phone as a main login EVER. If you do. Use an alt that's not connected to anything and make sure to never share this and use it exclusively for 2fa
2. Get physical security key like this. This will keep and encrypt your logins and add a physical step that attackers can't get by for now. Google allows this and they even sell official keys on their site. Either way. This is a one all be all. With out this key. No login. I highly suggest you buy one asap when you can.
3. Log out of any sessions on your devices. If your like me and love tech. You probably have many login sessions you forget about. Go in all your accounts and sign out of all sessions. Make sure again that the recovery of all accounts is not using phone method unless it's using that alt that you keep super secure and secret.
4. Don't ever click any links on your email that seems suspicious... obvious...but people fall for this. They are getting good as fuck
5. If you ever get sim swapped. Contact your provider and lock your number untill you resolve your issues.
This clown world destroying good things from good people and yes I think I'm a good person who wants to or have helped many people asking nothing in return.
The only goodnews is due to having some connections I was able to get in contact with a legit higher up in YouTube who has more control. Let's see where this goes. But basically my piece of advice
1. Don't trust 2fa. There's a thing called sim swapping that most providers can not fully prevent if the attacker is smart enough and knows how to social engineer. Your phone number is a risk. Don't use your phone as a main login EVER. If you do. Use an alt that's not connected to anything and make sure to never share this and use it exclusively for 2fa
2. Get physical security key like this. This will keep and encrypt your logins and add a physical step that attackers can't get by for now. Google allows this and they even sell official keys on their site. Either way. This is a one all be all. With out this key. No login. I highly suggest you buy one asap when you can.
3. Log out of any sessions on your devices. If your like me and love tech. You probably have many login sessions you forget about. Go in all your accounts and sign out of all sessions. Make sure again that the recovery of all accounts is not using phone method unless it's using that alt that you keep super secure and secret.
4. Don't ever click any links on your email that seems suspicious... obvious...but people fall for this. They are getting good as fuck
5. If you ever get sim swapped. Contact your provider and lock your number untill you resolve your issues.
