Many of the top-subscribed
YouTube channels seem to be under a sort of attack today, losing mass amounts of followers on a by-the-second basis. One example, the YouTube sensation known as
Fred, has lost an average of 500 followers each time that his page refreshes. The attack, apparently, is due to a Javascript exploit that is being perpetrated by a number of YouTube users. By copy/pasting a segment of code hosted on
Pastebin, YouTube users are able to dramatically decrease the subscriber counts of YouTube’s notorious, if not famous, users.
As an example, here is a screenshot of Fred’s subscriber count:
Then, after a page refresh (no more than 10 seconds to reload):
So far there has been no statement from YouTube about the attacks, but they appear to be ongoing across a number of channels. We’ll keep you up to date and let you know when the script gets blocked or the problem is otherwise resolved.
