---
id: 1191
title: "Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000"
source_domain: brutecat.com
source_url: "https://brutecat.com/articles/leaking-youtube-emails/"
published_at: "2025-02-12 00:00"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "information-disclosure", "privacy", "youtube", "google", "gaia-id"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1191"
lang: en
---

# Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000

## Summary

Blocking a YouTube live chat user leaks their obfuscated Gaia ID; forged protobuf request params extended this to any channel, and an old Google product chained it into email disclosure.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** brutecat.com
- **Published:** 2025-02-12 00:00
- **Original:** https://brutecat.com/articles/leaking-youtube-emails/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1191