![]() Attacker may have relied on well-crafted phishing to get the log-in info Talking to the BBC about the hack, Phillips was unable to explain how it all happened, since passwords were changed on a weekly basis and the email address for the log-in was “completely generic,” making the credentials impossible to guess. Phillips says that this happened the moment he hit one million followers and that he got paid more than this for other clips. One of the contracts was with Ford, who paid no less than ₤12,000 / €16,800 / $18,000 for a six-second video. The incident occurs just a few days after the 22-year-old disclosed that he made thousands of pounds from the video snippets he published.Īfter attracting a large number of followers, he started to be approached by different companies that wanted their products promoted through his vines. Loop counts are recorded each time a Vine video is played. Phillips, 22, can be considered a very famous viner, his profile being followed by 1.3 million people, while the current loop count is more than 287 million large. ![]() An unknown individual took control over the Vine account of Ben Phillips and deleted all the seconds-long clips available. ![]()
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