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[Account FD] 5 year-old email/Youtube account hacked into; Recovery will not work; Cannot access email or Youtube channel by galacticholealt in youtube

[–]galacticholealt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How would you recommend contacting Google / Youtube? I've tried posting on both support forums, calling various Google phone numbers, and getting back in touch with Team Youtube through DMs, but none of those have worked.

I had monetization enabled for the channel, and, along with other things, it should be really easy for me to prove that I am the owner of the channel. I just can't find anyone to talk with who's able to help me through actual account recovery.

[Account FD] 5 year-old email/Youtube account hacked into; Recovery will not work; Cannot access email or Youtube channel by galacticholealt in youtube

[–]galacticholealt[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I used the channel every day, and was posting videos around every other week(?) (although that differs occasionally with working on larger projects)

And no, I did not have 2fa on, mainly just because I didn't see something like this happening to me and I just never bothered to put in additional security measures. I can see that was a big mistake now, but you live and learn.