Step 1: Grab the Permanent UC... Channel ID Right Now (Before It Gets Suspended)
Right now, the channel page is still online at [
https://www.youtube.com/user/magdelayna]. Once the scammers start streaming a fake NFL game, YouTube's copyright/scam system will likely suspend the channel, making the ID harder to look up. Grab it right now:
- On the [https://www.youtube.com/user/magdelayna] page, click ...more next to "More about this channel".
- Scroll to the bottom of the pop-up, click Share channel, and click Copy channel ID (it will be a 24-character string starting with UC...).
- (Alternative) Press Ctrl + U (View Page Source) on the channel page and press Ctrl + F for "externalId"—the UC... string right next to it is the permanent Channel ID.
Step 2: Tweet Publicly at @TeamYouTube on X (Fastest & Most Reliable Route)
Because he cannot log into his compromised Google Account, @TeamYouTube on X (Twitter) acts as the official manual gatekeeper to the internal recovery form:
- Have him post a public tweet tagging @TeamYouTube (from his official X account, or create one if needed):
- What happens next: @TeamYouTube typically replies within a few hours asking him to follow them so they can open a Direct Message (DM). In the DM, they will ask for a brand-new or secondary Gmail address that he currently controls, and they will manually grant that email 72-hour access to Google's internal Hijacked Channel Investigation Form.
- CRITICAL WARNING: Within seconds of posting a tweet with the words "YouTube" and "hacked", dozens of reply-bots will flood the comments saying "Contact @cyber_recovery_xyz on Instagram/Telegram, they got my channel back!" Ignore every single one. Those are secondary recovery scammers. Only communicate with the official @TeamYouTube account (with the gold verified checkmark and Google badge).
Step 3: Use the "Hacked YouTube Channel Assistant" From a Secondary Gmail
In parallel with tweeting @TeamYouTube, he should:
- Log into a different, clean Gmail account (or create a fresh one on a clean device).
- Go to the official YouTube Help page: [support.google.com/youtube/answer/76187](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/76187) ("Recover a hacked YouTube channel").
- Click the Chat with our hacked channel assistant button. This specialized tool is built specifically for creators who are locked out of their primary Google Account—it will ask for the compromised email, the UC... Channel ID, and route the case to a human specialist via the secondary Gmail address.
3. Details He Should Have Ready for the Recovery Form
To speed up Google's forensic verification and get the rollback completed within 48–72 hours, he should gather:
- His AdSense Publisher ID (pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx): Since his channel is monetized (as seen from his YouTube and YouTube Red royalty stats), his 16-digit AdSense Publisher ID—which he can find in old emails or bank remittance statements—is the single strongest proof of ownership to YouTube's internal team.
- Direct URLs of Hidden Videos: A few direct video IDs of his uploads that are currently privated (for example, his Now We Are Free (Official Visualizer) is video ID Uq4EIKm7O1c, i.e., [).
- Account History: The original email address used to create the channel, approximate creation year, and the usual UK city/ISP IP address he uploads from.
- Clean His PC First: Since virtually all modern YouTube hijackings bypass 2FA by stealing browser session cookies (SID/HSID/SSID tokens) via an infostealer trojan on a Windows PC, he should not log into his recovery Gmail on the same computer until it has been fully scanned/wiped—otherwise the attacker can steal the new session too.
