Ranveer Allahbadia’s hacked YouTube channels recovered, 925 BeerBiceps videos restored

Content creator and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, aka BeerBiceps, has successfully regained access to his two YouTube channels, with a portion of his videos already restored.  

On the night of September 25 at 11:30 pm, hackers breached Ranveer Allahbadia's YouTube channels, renaming them to “@Elon.trump.tesla_live2024” and “@Tesla.event.trump_2024”. They uploaded content related to Tesla CEO Elon Musk and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. Visitors encountered a “404 not found” error as YouTube swiftly took the channels offline for security reasons, with the video content temporarily wiped.  

At the time of filling this story, The “Ranveer Allahbadia” channel, home to the Hindi podcast The Ranveer Show (TRS), now features 653 videos. This channel, boasting 9.4 million subscribers, is known for its diverse interviews with Bollywood celebrities, business leaders, and experts across various fields.

Similarly, his original “BeerBiceps” channel, which initially focused on fitness and lifestyle but now includes motivational and educational content, has also been restored with 925 videos available again. Though the channel’s username is temporarily displayed as “@MyChannel-e4p,” the videos remain accessible.

However, despite the channels being live again, both homepages display a message saying, “This channel doesn’t have any content,” causing confusion among fans. Nevertheless, viewers can still access all videos via other tabs on the channels.

Taking to Instagram to address the incident, Ranveer Allahbadia chose to stay positive and humorous. In one of his posts, he asked playfully, “Is this the end of my YouTube career?” while wearing a quirky cat-eye mask. He also posted a lighthearted photo of himself celebrating with vegan burgers and fries, captioning it, “Death of BeerBiceps met with death of diet.”

Allahbadia shared several amusing videos, including one where he runs through a forest, humorously labeled “Me after seeing that my channel got hacked.” In another Instagram story titled “Dear YouTube fans,” he expressed gratitude for his audience’s patience and support.

Despite some speculation that the hack was a publicity stunt, both Allahbadia and his manager, Viraj Sheth, co-founder of Monk Entertainment, were quick to deny such claims. Allahbadia confirmed in a post that there were “no jokes, no PR” involved and that the team was focused on moving forward.

Ranveer Allahbadia had started his YouTube journey at just 22 with the launch of his BeerBiceps channel. Initially focused on fitness and cooking, his content has since evolved to include motivational advice, lifestyle tips, and interviews with prominent figures across India.