YouTube videos can be watched by Google employees while they are still in draft form before they are published. Naturally, there can be malicious individuals among these employees. Some internal leaks have revealed that important videos were leaked. In fact, they even use the gift codes to be distributed in the video before the video is published. This has caused serious concerns about Google’s internal operations. Here are the details…
Google employees access YouTube videos before they are published
Last week, the leaks from the PlayStation State of Play event appeared shortly after they were published on YouTube. This situation has raised concerns about the level of access Google employees have before the videos go live. Subsequently, reports from Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson and 404 Media, who wanted to investigate this matter, shed more light on this issue.
In 2022, KSI planned to give away Amazon gift card codes worth over $10,000 in a video he was going to publish, but he noticed that all the codes were used before the video was published. This incident led to an internal investigation within YouTube. Similarly, after the GTA VI trailer was leaked by Google employees, an investigation was launched, but it is unclear whether this incident is related. So no conclusion was reached.
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According to 404 Media’s report, Google’s internal database records revealed that the 2017 Nintendo leak was carried out by Google employees. A Reddit user shared a screenshot of Yoshi’s Crafted World’s trailer just before it was introduced at E3. The screenshot showed the URL “admin.youtube.com,” indicating that it was accessed by Google employees with special permissions.
Google confirmed that the Nintendo information was leaked by its employees. The report stated, “A Google employee intentionally leaked private Nintendo information.” The employee was identified as a temporary editor who downloaded the video with an admin account and shared the unpublished Nintendo feature with a friend. Later, it was stated that this incident was “not intentional.”
YouTube and Google are having tough times due to the early access leaks by their employees. The company needs to review its internal security protocols. What kind of measures do you think Google should take to prevent such leaks? Have you ever experienced such an incident? Don’t forget to share your comments with us…
