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I don't quite understand it. Looks like all the videos now were uploaded a several months to a year ago. So it's like some other account got renamed into his? Maybe a deactivation and quick pickup of the "now free" name? Kinda surprised google would allow a pickup that quickly instead of quarantining newly available names for X days.

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I found the same thing. I think it's one of two possibilities. Either they were able to redirect his channel to their (completely separate) channel, in which case the upload date and view count would have been more organic, or they were able to replace his videos with theirs, leaving his video's view count and date-uploaded intact (although I find it hard to believe youtube's creator tools would allow for a complete change of video)

All we know is his credentials were stolen.

N.B: there's a larger thread over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39182122

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