Youtube : Subscribed to random channels that I didn't subscribe to.

[Aljon]

I've check my subscribe list and I found a lot of unknown channels I am subscribed to.

They were channels with no content but have 50k-150k and most of them are international language, I think the language is turkish because I am subscribed to a random channel called Deep Turkish Web and some of the channels too has letters like Ü,Ç. I don't know how this happens can anybody tell me. I think some people have hacked a lot of people so they can have tons of subscribers.

Here is some of the random channels I never seen a video of their channel too. Some of these channels have duplicate channels
1.instagram Takipçi Hilesi
2.Haziran 2
3.TOKUÇ
4.Volkan Yıldız(dotless i)
5.Yalçin Ufuk
6.Yıldız
7.Selam!

Seems like turkish people really are good hackers. I am an Asian and im not any Turkish guy.

[wubbelflup]

change your password and add mobile authentication. this doesn't sound good.

[O5]

It’s the Turkish curse.

[tmwfte]

Stop signing up for random "giveaways".

[Nemmy]

Originally posted by epicpotato:

change your password and add mobile authentication.

[Zaxtor99® TTV]

To the OP....

I've been having the exact same issue and keep getting automatically subscribed to those exact same channels, most in languages I don't even understand. I wouldn't even watch these channels, much less subscribe to them.

To the people responding to the OP about not signing up for free giveaways etc, I have NEVER done anything like that myself...

Also I have done everything on my end. Eliminated all apps that had any access at all to even viewing videos and subs info on my Youtube channel. I've changed my password to a very hard to guess password, and set up two step verification on my mobile phone etc. Google security checks shows everything as great and no problems. I keep deleting all these subscriptions to these channels but in a day or two they just get magically subscribed to again. Same channels over and over and over.

The funny thing is some of these channels have millions of subscribers and ZERO content, so I can't be the only one this is happening to.

Besides the subscribing to random foreign channels all the time, thankfully they don't seem as if they are able to delete my videos or upload their own content etc (or I'm guessing they would).

Still, this is VERY troubling indeed. I am starting to wonder if Youtube is being hijacked enough to allow someone somewhere to be controlling these subscriptions.

Anyhow, you are not the only one to the OP... I'm in the exact same boat as you.

[Barnacle Boy]

I am having the same issue. It's been going on for a few months now. I've changed my password 3 times now each time they are increasingly more complicated and 2-step has been on the whole time. I am now turning on only signing in through my phone and hopefully, that will help.
Edit: I have revoked 2-step verification skip all 3 of the times

[astral]

Unsubscribe to the channels, if that doesn't work, report the channels.

[procop]

Originally posted by Zaxtor99:

To the OP....

I've been having the exact same issue and keep getting automatically subscribed to those exact same channels, most in languages I don't even understand. I wouldn't even watch these channels, much less subscribe to them.

To the people responding to the OP about not signing up for free giveaways etc, I have NEVER done anything like that myself...

Also I have done everything on my end. Eliminated all apps that had any access at all to even viewing videos and subs info on my Youtube channel. I've changed my password to a very hard to guess password, and set up two step verification on my mobile phone etc. Google security checks shows everything as great and no problems. I keep deleting all these subscriptions to these channels but in a day or two they just get magically subscribed to again. Same channels over and over and over.

The funny thing is some of these channels have millions of subscribers and ZERO content, so I can't be the only one this is happening to.

Besides the subscribing to random foreign channels all the time, thankfully they don't seem as if they are able to delete my videos or upload their own content etc (or I'm guessing they would).

Still, this is VERY troubling indeed. I am starting to wonder if Youtube is being hijacked enough to allow someone somewhere to be controlling these subscriptions.

Anyhow, you are not the only one to the OP... I'm in the exact same boat as you.

I have exact same issue, been fighting with this for about two months with no luck. Everyday I have got few new subscriptions (mostly turkish). I think it started with use of giveaway.su.
Same as you I changed my password, disbaled access to my account for all apps.

[wubbelflup]

oh yeah ofc, you can give apps access to your acc. i was very weary when i found that out. gave gleam.io access but they seem to be pretty safe. but this is what happens if you are not careful then...

yeah better go to google settings.

wauw.. well at least they didn't do that much actual scary stuff... yall lucky.

[Canny McTin-Face]

Originally posted by MADHEM:

It’s the Turkish curse.

heh heh heh.
AAAAAAAAAAA

[wubbelflup]

Originally posted by Canny McTin-Face:

Originally posted by MADHEM:

It’s the Turkish curse.

heh heh heh.
AAAAAAAAAAA

you have to put on a fez and kiss a picture of attaturk and it will be lifted.

[Canny McTin-Face]

Originally posted by epicpotato:

Originally posted by Canny McTin-Face:

heh heh heh.
AAAAAAAAAAA

you have to put on a fez and kiss a picture of attaturk and it will be lifted.

also send kebab, it can't be lifted if you won't give the curser high quality kebab

[Eric_Overload]

Because of all the giveaways you are signed in for with YouTube.

[Tanooki]

This might be happening because of those free subscriber/follower websites like givemefollowers and your account must have gotten into the net.

I used to have a very old Twitter account where I tested websites like those I just mentioned earlier and one of the followers I got was a legit account of a US Navy soldier and some other active accounts.

[Canny McTin-Face]

Originally posted by BrassKnight:

This might be happening because of those free subscriber/follower websites like givemefollowers and your account must have gotten into the net.

I used to have a very old Twitter account where I tested websites like those I just mentioned earlier and one of the followers I got was a legit account of a US Navy soldier and some other active accounts.

ah, he mentioned Deep Turkish Web. That channel never did things like this, they are one of the few Turkish YouTubers that does not try to satisfy the algorythm for revenue