Microsoft's YouTube channel was left without content on Sunday after a third party gained access to the account and removed all of the company's video. CNet reports that in their place were several short clips attempting to gather subscribers and a message that read "I DID NOTHING WRONG I SIMPLY SIGNED INTO MY ACCOUNT THAT I MADE IN 2006 :/" The Register reports that there were also some cartoon videos uploaded to the channel.
Microsoft later confirmed that it had lost control of the account for a period of time but was once again back at the helm and working to restore content.
"We have regained control of the Microsoft channel on YouTube, and we are working to restore all of the original content," a company representative told CNet. "We will continue to work with YouTube to ensure safeguards are in place for the future."
Things have been running smoothly since, and Microsoft's videos are all back up and running on its channel. However, the mystery of who gained access to the account and why remains. There's a certain amount of speculation from YouTube users commenting on Microsoft's page that the channel was once owned by someone else entirely, someone who registered in 2006, but that the handle was passed over to Microsoft by YouTube staff at some point. If this is the case, the credentials were obviously not properly changed, because the old user could still log in and out, upload and pull videos, and change settings such as the background. Neither Microsoft nor YouTube have commented on these rumors.
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