A reminder that this channel is NOT run by John - the best ways to support him right now are to watch him on the Johnstone Live and Johnstone VODS channels, as well as his Twitch channel.
His main channel is back! And he's working on getting his videos back up. If you haven't watched a Johnstone video in a while you should go watch one in the background!
i feel so bad for johnstone, like not just the subscribers count but the fucking mental challenges where he puts all of his effort and specially his time. i really do wish he gets it back agin.
i do the same thing 😭 i was heartbroken when i looked and i was like "wtf is a ripple" ... it's messed up. i've started playing a nice little animal crossing creator's content instead but it's not the same... IT'S NOT THE SAME!!!
Every person I've seen that's been hacked that talks about it is always saying they got access to the session token which is the same thing you figured youtube would do a security update that would stop this from being possible and that would solve the problem 90% of the time
the way Johnstone is handling this is absolutely incredible. This guy will never cease to amaze me and honestly reign king in the Pokemon space. John if you’re reading this I admire the hell out of you dude.
Thank you for including my struggles at 5:23 (But for real, hopeful he will get things back soon, it just sucks that this is a common thing in the TH-cam world)
I found this out when I went to put on John’s professor Oak challenges to sleep to, and I couldn’t find the channel. Was gutted when I found out why. Thankfully I’ll be off work as of next week, so at least I can help John get some of those views back.
Getting hacked is one of the worst birthday gifts in the history of birthday gifts. Hopefully, things get resolved soon. Also, happy belated birthday John.
honestly John is incredibly strong for going through all of this heartbreaking situation and yet he still wanted to be silly goofy hehe haha for us after like only couple of days. I really hope he will have a nice relaxing christmas after this is sorted out 🤞❤️
Happy Birthday, get hacked!!! In all seriousness, I hope things get better and that you get your channel back soon. I’m definitely going to rewatch all the Professor Oak Challenges
Good thing John's other channels werent wiped. Don't know what I could do if I couldn't watch John fumble the bag hundreds of times. In all seriousness didn't know it happened but I am really glad its already getting fixed
All the best wishes John this must be a horribly hard time you’re going through. Just know that after it’s all over us fans will be right back watching and loving your videos. Stay strong!
I saw it happen. I got a post from Ripple, and me being me I unsubsribed because I dont follow crypto and politcal things. turns out its johnstone so....
I reported the fraudulent livestream to TH-cam as soon as I realized what was happening. I’ve been checking to see if your channel’s back up for the past few days. Best wishes!
I JUST saw a UFD Tech video about something like this. He said he knew it was a scam from the beginning, but that he made the video because he wanted to make a PSA. Same type of thing. Sometimes, we let our guards down, It happens to the best of us.
Omg I got the livestream in my sub feed and I didn't realise it was John's channel, I thought it was some random channel that I had accidentally clicked subscribe on without realising and unsubbed and now I wish I hadn't
I was actually extremely confused when this happened. I see a new channel called "Ripple" and had no clue when I subbed to them or even generally clicked on one of their videos, so I thought it was probably one of these channels that I encountered on TH-cam Shorts on my phone and I accidentally clicked on "subscribe" (happened to me a couple of times before). Still, I thought "why not see what this live stream is on about?" and I just found a dude in suit that spoke gibberish, but the URL said I'm on JohnStone's channels which enhanced my confusion so much so that I confused *JohnStone* with *JonTron* making me conclude that JonTron is making something new and didn't bother with it
essentially once they got into his email they were able to use that to not only steal all of his information, but also potentially infect his device with malware. you don't always need to wipe your computer/device after a phishing attack, however in situations where the attacker(s) gain deep access to your device or even if you're just unsure about how much access they have, it's better to be safe than sorry because they could have tracking software hidden somewhere and continue to steal your information
If I had a nickel for every TH-camr I enjoyed watching that got hacked by crypto scammers, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's strange it happened twice
dangit i wanted to watch the professor oak challanges to fall asleep it helps me tbh and if a new johnstone channel forms i would directly sub too it to support❤❤
That’s what happened to another creator I love! Same company too. It took a while for him to get his channel back cause they locked him out of everything. Thankfully he got it back and everything was fine.
I really appreciate your efforts! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
Such garbage that this happened, especially during the most profitable month on TH-cam for creators. Gonna send our man some money once this gets resolved!
If you count Pokemon Go as a "Poketuber" JohnStone isnt the biggest PokeTuber to have this happen. JTValor has almost 2 mil i think and his got hacked by the Cryptobros a few months ago. His is back up and was within 3 days i think but it was weird
And this happened very close to his birthday, apparently… (Added Salt Cure to the wound, I am sorry) Is his birthday the 10th of December, or am I getting info wrong?
I remember i saw you were live, but it wasn't you. My wife asked what i watched i said "apparently Johnstone?" Im so sorry and i hope everything works out!
He got sent an email from a seemingly well-known sponsor and they phished him by giving him a link to sign an NDA but instead stole his google account. It wasn't from the actual sponsor and the email wasn't even sent to his business email. He explained this on the stream but it wasn't put into the clip here.
A reminder that this channel is NOT run by John - the best ways to support him right now are to watch him on the Johnstone Live and Johnstone VODS channels, as well as his Twitch channel.
Thank you so much for posting this clip.
Johnstone got hacked by a fake Ripple? THE EXACT same people hacked SaveAFox last week. :(
They got the channel back, thankfully, but JESUS!
@@amandamakin1542WAIT IT WAS SAVEAFOX THAT WAS HACKED TOO?
Yeah, they did :(
But they're back now, so Johnstone will hopefully get his back, too.
Fingers crossed he'll get it back 🤞
The fact that it was a crypto scam that hacked his main channel should tell you everything you need to know about crypto...
His main channel is back! And he's working on getting his videos back up. If you haven't watched a Johnstone video in a while you should go watch one in the background!
i feel so bad for johnstone, like not just the subscribers count but the fucking mental challenges where he puts all of his effort and specially his time. i really do wish he gets it back agin.
When youtube do a channel rollback they also restore any subs who left
Unironically I've slept poorly since the hack since I genuinely put on his videos when I go to bed 😂
OMG SAME
no seriously same !!! i found out the channel was gone because i was looking for his videos and couldnt find them LMAOO
i do the same thing 😭 i was heartbroken when i looked and i was like "wtf is a ripple" ... it's messed up. i've started playing a nice little animal crossing creator's content instead but it's not the same... IT'S NOT THE SAME!!!
Same T^T
ME TOO LMAO MY SHINY LUCK VANISHED TOO.
This is horrible,
I can’t believe John only came in 3rd in Mario Party, he really needs to try harder
I can’t wait to invest in Pookiecoin
I would throw some money into that 😂
Would invest
Thank you for putting this together! I'm glad he's getting the main channel back soon
I was legitimately so sad when I realised what had happened, right after he hit those nice milejohnstones and right before his birthday...
Nathaniel Bandy is so unbelievably goated
Agreed!!
Every person I've seen that's been hacked that talks about it is always saying they got access to the session token which is the same thing you figured youtube would do a security update that would stop this from being possible and that would solve the problem 90% of the time
Welp, that explains where that extremely random notification came from lol
the way Johnstone is handling this is absolutely incredible. This guy will never cease to amaze me and honestly reign king in the Pokemon space. John if you’re reading this I admire the hell out of you dude.
Thank you for including my struggles at 5:23 (But for real, hopeful he will get things back soon, it just sucks that this is a common thing in the TH-cam world)
I found this out when I went to put on John’s professor Oak challenges to sleep to, and I couldn’t find the channel. Was gutted when I found out why.
Thankfully I’ll be off work as of next week, so at least I can help John get some of those views back.
Getting hacked is one of the worst birthday gifts in the history of birthday gifts. Hopefully, things get resolved soon.
Also, happy belated birthday John.
honestly John is incredibly strong for going through all of this heartbreaking situation and yet he still wanted to be silly goofy hehe haha for us after like only couple of days. I really hope he will have a nice relaxing christmas after this is sorted out 🤞❤️
john i invested in ripple like you told me to and all my money is gone????? where are my retirement savings john
I saw you in 40_Cakes TH-cam stream 😂
40 cakes's chat is toxic
@@jarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-k1d ? From my experience, everyone is nice
Really? From my experience, everyone is really nice.
@Thepokenerdoriginal can confim i single handedly make 40 cakes the most toxic chat imaginable
Happy Birthday, get hacked!!!
In all seriousness, I hope things get better and that you get your channel back soon. I’m definitely going to rewatch all the Professor Oak Challenges
He should have named it BallsCoin. But in all seriousness, hopefully he can get his channel back soon
i just started watching again to get over a breakup and it feels biblical to watch john after 3 years again and have this happen immediately lmao
Good thing John's other channels werent wiped. Don't know what I could do if I couldn't watch John fumble the bag hundreds of times.
In all seriousness didn't know it happened but I am really glad its already getting fixed
When I first saw the notif I was so confused and then when I found out it was hacked I got so nervous, I hope he gets it back!!
There was a TH-camr I watch called AliciaXDeath and her channel got hacked by the same group a month or so ago. She got it back thankfully.
JaydenWIlson got HAcked by the same people
FunwithGuru also did a few days ago and like 10 minutes after they took over it got wiped
im just so sorry john!!! Hope things can be fixed and in time it will be like nothing happened. im so sorry!
Thank you for leaving the main channel link in the description so I could find it
All the best wishes John this must be a horribly hard time you’re going through. Just know that after it’s all over us fans will be right back watching and loving your videos. Stay strong!
Channel is back up!
This sucks so hard, but I'm glad that so many people came together to help him get it fixed. Hopefully he gets it fixed soon
I saw it happen. I got a post from Ripple, and me being me I unsubsribed because I dont follow crypto and politcal things. turns out its johnstone so....
At least PookieCoin was born out of this
I reported the fraudulent livestream to TH-cam as soon as I realized what was happening. I’ve been checking to see if your channel’s back up for the past few days. Best wishes!
For those wondering, the channel is back up
I'm so sorry to hear this. You're one of the very few poketubers I like so I hope you're well soon
Johnstone live is a great channel that we should all subscribe to
BRB chat bout to go watch the entire Platinum randomized nuzlocke
Oof, well I watch the vods as background video, sorry to hear about this.
wow just when i needed the battle frontier video this shit happens
The thumbnail scared me for a sec
Been rewatching nuzlockes on Johnstone Live nonstop for the past few days, highly recommend!
I JUST saw a UFD Tech video about something like this. He said he knew it was a scam from the beginning, but that he made the video because he wanted to make a PSA. Same type of thing. Sometimes, we let our guards down, It happens to the best of us.
Happy belated birthday! I hope you get back on your feet soon as I do enjoy your content 😊
This really sucks because for some reason I had the urge to binge johnstone anyways this is so scummy stay safe
Omg I got the livestream in my sub feed and I didn't realise it was John's channel, I thought it was some random channel that I had accidentally clicked subscribe on without realising and unsubbed and now I wish I hadn't
I was actually extremely confused when this happened. I see a new channel called "Ripple" and had no clue when I subbed to them or even generally clicked on one of their videos, so I thought it was probably one of these channels that I encountered on TH-cam Shorts on my phone and I accidentally clicked on "subscribe" (happened to me a couple of times before).
Still, I thought "why not see what this live stream is on about?" and I just found a dude in suit that spoke gibberish, but the URL said I'm on JohnStone's channels which enhanced my confusion so much so that I confused *JohnStone* with *JonTron* making me conclude that JonTron is making something new and didn't bother with it
Same thing happened with a vocaloid account called Fashantica. Genuinely a shame
You’ll be ok John, we’re here for you.
Can someone smarter than me explain why his email being hacked made him have to wipe his whole computer? I dont understand the correlation
essentially once they got into his email they were able to use that to not only steal all of his information, but also potentially infect his device with malware. you don't always need to wipe your computer/device after a phishing attack, however in situations where the attacker(s) gain deep access to your device or even if you're just unsure about how much access they have, it's better to be safe than sorry because they could have tracking software hidden somewhere and continue to steal your information
the email link he clicked was a virus that couldve sent all his personal info to the person who sent the email
This may not help much but I did subscribed to this channel and watching this video 😁
Hope your channel gets back soon Mr. Johnstone 😁
This channel is a fan-run account if I’m remembering correctly, but you can support him on his Johnstone Live and Johnstone Vods channel! ^^
Happy birthday
Off to watch VODs and the lives!
Here's hoping I'll see when he gets his channel back, I don't remember if I was subbed or not before but I absolutely will be after!
he got it back. :)
4:32 Well, I’m happy you’re having a good sense of humor about this. Sometimes you have to make yourself laugh to stop from crying.
So that’s why that video showed up in my subscriber feed. I thought I got hacked or something. I’m so sorry for Johnstone though
time for a johnstone marathon!
If I had a nickel for every TH-camr I enjoyed watching that got hacked by crypto scammers, I'd have two nickels.
Which isn't a lot but it's strange it happened twice
John took this so well!
Happy Birth John Stone
We love you, John ❤
1:50 i was there watching the stream, that joke nearly made me kill my speedrun lmao. glad he's able to make jokes about this situation tho
dangit i wanted to watch the professor oak challanges to fall asleep it helps me tbh and if a new johnstone channel forms i would directly sub too it to support❤❤
i really enjoy john's content.. this stresses me the fuck out!
Ahhhh it was John. I’d noticed one of my subbed channels got hacked but I couldn’t figure out who it was
That’s what happened to another creator I love! Same company too. It took a while for him to get his channel back cause they locked him out of everything. Thankfully he got it back and everything was fine.
I hope the channel comes back soon unironically one of my fall asleep channels
Jonathan boulder
another channel i follow also got hit by the ripple people, except their a pretty small channel so im not sure if they will get to return
I really appreciate your efforts! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
Such garbage that this happened, especially during the most profitable month on TH-cam for creators. Gonna send our man some money once this gets resolved!
no way...
Ty for posting this❤
The sexist joke at the end killed me xD
john has to make pookiecoin the channel points, it'd be very funny
It's the same thing that happened to a + start. He got it back so I think you will too. ❤️
out of any creator on yt john does not deserve this to happen to him
Bro i was wondering why that was streaming on my TH-cam subs
Damn you too? Wunba got hacked too
I hope can recover your account
i remember this happend too another youtuber Luigikid i think his name was and was same stuff as here
If you count Pokemon Go as a "Poketuber" JohnStone isnt the biggest PokeTuber to have this happen. JTValor has almost 2 mil i think and his got hacked by the Cryptobros a few months ago. His is back up and was within 3 days i think but it was weird
Aww this sucks
Damn, first ice711 and now John? I truly wish you two get your channels back ❤️ fuck crypto
I turn on his videos while I close my restaurant, its been boring since 😭😭😭
Going to use my prime sub right now
Do not accept sponsors without doing research. Please be careful
Yo i also got scammed on discord on my birthday. I dont think that's a coincidence at all. Please make everyone aware of that too
I think the same people just hacked wumba(a minecraft youtuuber with nearly 1.5 million subs)
And this happened very close to his birthday, apparently… (Added Salt Cure to the wound, I am sorry) Is his birthday the 10th of December, or am I getting info wrong?
Can anyone hack the hacker? This shit is ridiculous
Ohhh I thought that *I* got hacked because i didn’t know how id subscribed to this random channel and unsubscribed and checked my gmail. Oh nooooo
The second half of my tts made a clips video! Thanks channel owner! Also, thanks for supporting John and letting people know about the sitch
Dang
Uh oh
I remember i saw you were live, but it wasn't you. My wife asked what i watched i said "apparently Johnstone?"
Im so sorry and i hope everything works out!
These big creators really need to learn not to click on shady links. 😔
And have MFA.
@@teelo12000He had 2FA. They got hold of the session token.
Wipple
I mean, business is business. Ripple wanted to haveca big Audience and 660,000 Subs is a good number. Lol RIP Johnstone 😂😂😂
why didnt he explain how he got phished. very annoying
He got sent an email from a seemingly well-known sponsor and they phished him by giving him a link to sign an NDA but instead stole his google account. It wasn't from the actual sponsor and the email wasn't even sent to his business email.
He explained this on the stream but it wasn't put into the clip here.
how do people get hacked in 2024
In 2024 it's easier than ever tbh people have wayyy to many things to target