Hackers invade Reckful’s YouTube channel to run a scam

The YouTube channel of Byron “Reckful” Bernstein, a former World of Warcraft content creator, has been taken over by hackers, according to one of the people responsible for keeping the channel alive.

Reckful died at the age of 31 in July 2020, but both his Twitch and YouTube channel have remained alive as a way to preserve his legacy. But today, one of his YouTube editors was alerted to a scam that has been going on lately. “One of the editors here, Reckful’s youtube got hacked, I’m working on restoring it, don’t click any links,” they wrote in the channel description. Reckful’s Twitch channel remains untouched.