I GOT HACKED! - A Lesson in Password Security 

They got revenge because their internet connection wasn't doubled.

Just remember. Instead of using "Password1" as your password, use "Password2"

So, i saw the title and i was like. Hah, ThioJoe, its fake. Then I saw that it was from ThioJoeTech and im like, oh crap

Shit gotta change my "qwerty" password some day soon...

my fb account got hacked once , but the hacker gave it back to me cause i had no friends in it . *sigh*

Best way to protect your password put an emoji at the end of your password

I worked as an iTunes Support for 2 years (2016-2018) and everything you said is so accurate. Unauthorized Chinese in app purchases are so rampant.

The Chinese don't care about hacking everyone's computers and stealing stuff but when one of our Aussie swimmers calls one of their swimmers who is a drug cheat, a drug cheat they start crying.

Everybody knows when you get hacked you call the president. ~ThioJoe Why did he call apple??

nah, he probably was from the Ashley Madison beach

I got my Facebook Account hacked, I didnt give a shit

Pretty bad that the account was hacked without any actual "hacking". It should be obvious that a new sign in from a foreign country is suspicious. It should of at least asked for a confirmation email before letting the person into the account.

TJ , Good info , I enjoy watching your videos. I am a 67 year old senior geek and all my senior friends think I'm nuts because I spend a lot of time on my computer. Most of them can't even send a text. Keep up the good work young man and you will be rewarded. Thanks

This should be a lesson for Apple too. I can't believe such a large company would make it that easy for people to get into random accounts.

If only Apple had the security warning like Facebook

It's all about that 2 factor security. Never fails. Gmail almost got hacked, but thankfully my phone was required lol.

Back in day I used the same email address and password for ebay and a motoring discussion site. One of the moderators on the motoring site then made some disparaging comments about some alloy wheels I had recently purchased which obviously made me a little suspicious as to how he knew this. Right enough, when I logged onto my ebay account I realised he'd left negative and abusive feedback on several items. This was in the days before sellers couldn't leave negative feedback and two of the sellers responded in kind. Since that day, I don't have two passwords the same and all of them are long are randomly generated. Lesson learned.

So how did you get everything back? They have got into my Mac book as well & my iPhone. Please help. I’ll even pay you.!!! This has happened to me & I’m trying to get this all back!

Here is kind of a random thought, but here's how a friend of mine keeps this kind of thing at bay. On his iTunes, Xbox and PlayStation setups, he never has any credit cards or anything attached. When he is going to buy something off of them, he just buys cards worth the amount he plans on spending from Walmart or a 3rd party like that and makes sure the money is spent so there is no real gain to getting into his things.

Ironically I just went through and enabled two-step verification on 8 different accounts today for the first time... one step - err, two steps ahead of you, Joe. :P

That is why I only use genuine windows products. :)

why do you have an apple ID if you have an android? but then again......I have the same thing..

I was hacked by a Chinese guy who got my IP from nowhere. He accessed my PC and changed my PC to a Chinese theme, added a RAT so they can use it after recover and they also downloaded a lot of useless applications and bought 3 things (I forgot what were they).

Cool Video Thio.

Wow, that added device security circumvention is a huge vulnerability. I wonder how many others are falling prey to this technique right now?

ThioJoe, are you using the old camera?

My macintosh XL just got hacked, what should I do Thio Mijio?

This is why I use a Nokia Brick!

Yes when this happens it's quite scary..

Finally a good video. Just want to be honest

Google and Apple should have a 'Ignore Other Country IP' option for administration functions. Like a credit card you can tell them when you go on a trip outside your country (state, province whatever ..).

Thx google for always checking with my alternate emails

I used to suffer from such attacks too once, but now all my important accounts (Apple, Microsoft, Google and Github) are protected by two-factor authentication. So the only way of breaking into my accounts is physically stealing my iPhone.

you are my educational role model

ThioJoe hacked my account just because I watched this youtube video. He is that good!!!!

I've been hacked twice. Once on my WoW account - horribly poor pw that I'd been using since probably the early '90's. I did get all my stuff back so changed it immediately and invested in an authenticator. Also had my Origin account hacked but since I had nothing in it except for the free 'On The House' games, I think the hacker just went on his merry way. I was able to get the pw changed but, as with your iTunes account, the secret questions were all in Chinese. No big deal on that one.

Use 2 factor authentication whenever possible. Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Google, the list goes on, all support 2 factor. Many also support 2-factor with Google Authenticator. I have all my most import accounts (that support it) locked down with a password and then a 6 digit number from authenticator on my Nexus 6. ThioJoe also mentioned if you lose/factory reset the device you're locked out, not true, they always provide codes you can print and keep in a secret place (safe, lock box, whatever) or use your phone number to get an SMS instead.

What you said about Google - hard to reach - may be true, but in my case they handled it better. Two years ago, I was tricked into logging into a fake Google form. Within minutes, I received an email from the real Google, that someone in Phoenix (Az.) had tried to login into my email account. They'd killed the attempt, because I normally login from Europe, and they notified me that I'd change my pw, which of course I did. Very neat. No harm done.

hunter2

Thank you for the information, greatly appreciate the heads up!!!

Is it real Hacking or just Guessing a Password?!?!

You originally stated it was most likely through a leak that they obtained your password, hence a weak password won't stop that type of hack.

You were lucky to not lose all your data in your Apple ID account. Also this could be connected to the Vtech hack a few weeks ago.

i don't believe ThioJoe... no matter what

My Facebook was hacked but luckily, Facebook disabled my account until I placed my phone number then verify. When I checked the chat, I found out that the hacker chatted links to a radio station website. Then, I saw my friends chatting "wut?"

Steam has a worst customer service ever!

Scott Pilgrim vs the internet

Thio Joe, you better use Google Translate for that weird Chinese characters. And, Thio Joe, passwords should be strong. My Yahoo password has 21 characters.

Sorry thio. But this is actually pretty funny. You've talked a lot about account security, safety of your data and stuff like that. And now you got hacked. The irony..

You are handsome, but your clean-shaven look is better than the fuzzy version. Best wishes, B

Thanks, Thio... and I have been pwned in several of my accounts!

I removed his device and changed my pass do u think I'm safe

I use a password manager. I generate password from the alphabet, all symbols and let them be 16 characters long as default. Only catch is that you have to keep the password manager safe and your master password safe. You will now be a lot more safer, and only have to remember one password, but one good password. I have uploaded the password manager to a cloud service which has a 2 factor authentication, and a password generated from my password manager. So the manager is also available through my cellphone in case something were to compromize my computer (which actually happened). I do not recommend you to remember your passwords, because if you want your passwords to be safe, and easy to remember, you have to make a compromize.

Using that non-free software..... Richard Stallman would not be proud.

They need to use your oil refresh trick on thiojoe

Sup thio it's uzair u don't know me but I am a huge fan

my friends iphone 6s was hacked all pic and messages were showing on hackers phone.. how did they do it??

@ThioJoe What a pity, your account has been hacked. I also got my Gmail account hacked.

I also got hacked by someone in Belgium, but he wasn't smart, cause i didn't had any money in that account. It was my main Google Account, but i don'thave money, i'm still 12. so yeah.

The tip for 2FA is to save a screenshot of the QR codes in case the device is lost. I have lost mine once and resetting everything is a pain. I still haven't recovered some accounts because I don't care plus it starts getting into weird territory (D.O. wanted me to email them a selfie of me with my ID card.. over unencrypted mail)

thats why I always use paysafecards for online purchases and makes sure I use it all that same day, no credit left.

wow this is the same day my windows 8 computer got destroyed by spammers

the troll got trolled lulz

thank you very much will definitely try this.

anyone else think this scrawny, pasty, serial killer lookin boy ...is the most adorable nerd on youtube ?? no?... just me?Well alrighty then :D

GLAD that you've been hacked ! It will teach you not to make stupid videos that takes advantage of not so technically inclined youtubers... (you know what I mean)

Can u get hacked if u use 2 factor authenticator?

That Chinese person was just having a hard time with clash of clans, cut them some slack!

you have the gaze of miracles

I’ve been hacked on 3 other RU-vid accounts that I’ve had from about a year ago

if this is possible, what's the point of a recovery email???

He's my emglish teacher and i just found out hes a youtuber with one million subs. Holy shit.

Spent it on some game? It's actually a 'fairly' good way to transfer stolen money through in game currency, if it's tradeable.

Well I believe the only way to stop this from ever happening is to have different passwords for each service which you use.

I use lastpass w/ Yubikey 2nd factor authentication, this allows me to have 24digit+ alphanumeric upper and lower case with symbols and never use the same password twice. Lastpass even has a little security challenge scan that looks for duplicates and gives a security score.

How'd you got e-mails after the email address on the account was changed??

Bad luck Joe

Probably a flat earther. You poked the bear lol.

Someone from Portugal tried to log into my Twitter account. But, Twitter actually has decent security, so I was still able to access my account.

Use "Authy" for the 2 Factor Authentication, if you loose your phone you can log in to authy from google chrome or the new phone and will not loose the keys.

Use a passwordsafe like keepass and use a seperate password for every login. I don't know any of my passwords besides the masterpassword for my keepass because I always generate passwords with the keepass password generator.

This was a very intresting video.

I keep forgetting to check if it's thiojoe or thiojoetech

That site doesn't seem to work but there seems to be huge amounts of hard disk activity. Something you might encounter in an evil site??

Good job appleIt was nice that they gave a refund

Is this a New Jersey accent? I'm just wondering because of the way he says 'awesome' in 4:03

Hi thio joe can you tell me how to protect my itunes

good work man

For Apple if u have a card attached to your account it asks for the code on the back of your card before u can buy anything even the iTunes credit.

Hey man, if you feel like you're getting act, you do not need to change your password. On Apple, Google and other sites, they have this authentification they use called two step verification. Let's do you know who finally in, and rather you want it approved or not.

I think blackberry had better security then Apple. I don't understand how that's remotely possible, but it is.

if you put your pointer on his nose from 5:00 to 6:00. it looks like he's trying to move around it. it sounds dumb but if you do it the whole way its hilarious

Never liked apple. But apple fan boys always rave about how secure they are... That sounds like the least secure shit I ever heard off :')

Happened to me before. Someone bought game points from China on my account. Apple helped me out. I never added credit cards or Paypal on my Apple Id after that.

Wow that sucks! Where is the 60 fps new camera though :P

I'm glad you got hacked

when is now you see me 3 coming out?

"I was using the same password and emailadress"

nah, you playing dawg, all you need is to hack into where you have your account and make a one character password, no one will ever know

It's valid India or not ?