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  1. Consumer-impact summary
  2. Incidents
  3. Hacked by OurMine (2016)
  4. Products
  5. See also
  6. References

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VidIQ
Basic information
Founded 2011-07-01
Legal Structure Private
Industry Education
Also known as
Official website https://vidiq.com/

VidIQ is an online education website that offers video tutorials and analytics on YouTube channel growth. VidIQ was founded by Rob Sandie (CEO) and Todd Troxell in Pennsylvania in 2011.

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User freedom
  • User privacy
  • Business model
  • Market control

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Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the VidIQ category.

Hacked by OurMine (2016)

The hacker group OurMine hacked into multiple YouTube channels after their passwords were leaked in third-party database dumps. After the accounts were hacked, OurMine used VidIQ to modify all the channels' video titles and description to "Hacked by OurMine".[1]

To prevent further breaches, VidIQ reset the passwords and implemented a multi-factor authentication for when users try to edit video titles and descriptions.

Products

See also

Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.

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References

  1. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (2016-11-02). "Hacker Group OurMine Hits YouTube Stars Through Their VidIQ Accounts". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 3 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  2. ↑ Cozma, Nicole (2013-08-08). "Sum up YouTube video stats with VidIQ Vision for Chrome". Cnet. Archived from the original on 4 Jun 2023. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
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