Sorry, Justin Bieber, your YouTube got hacked. Again.
The page was working fine at around 5:30 PT, but a couple of hours earlier, reports surfaced on Twitter about Justin Bieber’s YouTube channel, Kidrauhl, appeared to be hacked, sending fans running to Twitter:
someone hacked justin’s account (kidrauhl) on youtube omg
—nadia(@fredoswifey) March 8, 2013
Kidrauhl was hacked on YouTube. I’m praying nothing gets deleted. That’s where the memories are and where his journey started
— Smile Justin (@ForOurKidrauhl) March 9, 2013
NOW SOMEONE HACKED JUSTIN’S YOUTUBE?? If they delete any videos….. I’m doing to scream.
— smile justin∞ (@ShakeItForMeJDB) March 8, 2013
Other YouTube channels might have been hacked, too, according to some tweets:
Can’t believe most of the big YouTube channels have been hacked :O
— T-Dawg (@Tahmidhasnat) March 8, 2013
We’ve sent an inquiry to Google and will update this post as soon as we hear back.
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