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  • Hey, guys. So I've been having a really bad week. Couple weeks, actually. If you don't already know, a bunch of people have been getting hacked on Instagram.

  • For the past like, couple weeks.

  • And, well, I was one of 'em.

  • They hacked into my account. They changed my username, my password, they deleted all of my photos.

  • For whatever reason, they even took the time to block a bunch of people that I was following and a

  • bunch of random fan accounts that you guys made

  • And I know that it's just Instagram, and you might think I'm being overdramatic, or just overreacting

  • But... you weren't there...

  • You didn't know what it was like

  • It's not an easy story to tell

  • But it went something like this

  • It started off simple, I clicked on my Instagram, I was signed out

  • Didn't think much of it, maybe I just needed to update it but there was no update

  • So then I tried signing in with my account name, Notryanhiga

  • And my incredibly complex password, a

  • And it still wasn't working

  • At this point I knew something was off

  • So then I went to twitter, and almost all of the tweets were telling me that I got hacked

  • So then I thought, well that's new

  • At that point I went into my email

  • And I was shocked :O

  • I had not tens, not hundreds, not thousands

  • But seven emails from instagram requesting to change

  • my password which I know I didn't request

  • So finally, after all the clues were adding up

  • I did what any other man would think to do and said, "Hey, Sean."

  • He said, "Yeah?"

  • And then I said, "Can you check to see if my Instagram got hacked?"

  • And he said, "Okay."

  • And if was as if time stood still as I watched Sean go into my profile.

  • And at that very moment I knew exactly what he was going to say 'cause his face said it all.

  • It said, "What was your account name again?"

  • "notryanhiga," I answered.

  • Sean: Oh yeah..

  • And that's when I heard the words that would eventually lead to my inevitable doom.

  • Sean: Yep, you got hacked.

  • And that's when I realized, my Instagram, my life, my everything...was gone.

  • Forever...what will I do with my Instagram account?

  • How will I remember anything I've ever done?

  • How will people know what I've been eating?

  • Why would I even work out again if I have nowhere to show people that I did it?

  • All of these questions had led me to this very spot: the edge of a balcony.

  • Where I thought there was nowhere else to go but down.

  • But then Sean said, "Well you could also come back in and we could, you know, like talk about it or something."

  • *crunch* Both: Mmm!

  • *mumbling*

  • Okay yeah, you already know it happened nothing like that.

  • That's how it looked in my head, at least.

  • This is what it really looked like:

  • Damn, somebody just texted me that my Instagram got hacked.

  • Will: What, for real?

  • Sean: Yeah, all your pictures are gone dude.

  • Ryan: Wait, all of them?

  • Sean: Yeah.

  • Ryan: Damn...

  • Will: That sucks.

  • Ryan: So you guys wanna go get Taco Bell or...?

  • Sean: Yeah!

  • Will: Let's do it!

  • Ryan: That's not even a joke, that's what really happened. We went to Taco Bell.

  • The most pain I felt that night was probably when I was -sittin' on the toilet!-

  • But in all seriousness, I really did get my Instagram hacked.

  • Fortunately, I was able to get my account back and like some of the pictures, but I still lost like over-over-I lost thousands of pictures.

  • That's the crazy part: the hacker had to go and delete every single picture one-by-one,

  • like there's no "delete all" button.

  • He had to take the time to go and delete every single picture.

  • And I know most people would be extremely upset by this, and I'm not gonna lie,

  • I was a little upset. Not even upset, I was just confused.

  • I was just like, "Why...why would anybody do this? Like what do you have to gain from this?"

  • Literally, this was done out of pure hate, 'cause like what do you have to gain from...deleting all my pictures

  • and blocking people, you know, that I follow and blocking fan accounts?

  • Like at least those anonymous hackers, you know the ones that, you know, where those vendetta masks?

  • Like when they hack people, at least they're hacking like really important people or like gigantic corporations

  • and they have reasons for why they're hacking them.

  • I'm not saying that that is how it should be handled, but at least they have some kind of purpose, you know?

  • This hacking had no purpose, like the only reason to do that was to hurt me, and the people-the fan accounts

  • that got blocked. And just because I already know the comments, no, I didn't get hacked by

  • the Anonymous people; they only hack like really important people.

  • And like big businesses and-

  • Yeah-it's-I'm not important enough to get hacked by them.

  • I probably should not say that, I'm like asking for it...

  • Don't hack me!

  • But anyway, off topic.

  • The reason why I wasn't upset by this hacking was because-it was actually pretty-opening.

  • I mean, it didn't make me upset, it made me realize that I'm actually really happy.

  • Because honestly, when it first happened

  • and after the shock cleared, I thought I was actually going to be a lot more upset than I was.

  • Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, that's like my entire life and somebody tried to take away a big part of that.

  • And honestly, I felt almost no difference.

  • I mean, obviously I was a little annoyed, but overall, I was still happy!

  • Take away my pictures? I'll just post more.

  • Take away my entire Instagram account? I'll just make another!

  • Same with my Facebook and even my Youtube: if you take away my Youtube channels, granted,

  • Youtube can restore them because they have everything backed up,

  • but even if they didn't, if you take away my Youtube channels,

  • I'll just make another channel.

  • Sure, I'd lose all of the subscribers and views, but you actually helped me to realize that

  • that's not why I started making these videos in the first place.

  • If all I cared about was views and subs,

  • I wouldn't have posted that 30-minute video that I just posted last week.

  • I could have easily turned that video into 6 5-minute videos and uploaded, you know,

  • 6 different videos and get literally like 6 times the views, but again,

  • that's not why I do it.

  • To the hacker that did this, um, I know your intention was to hurt me or make me feel bad,

  • but really, all you were to me was an inconvenience.

  • And...honestly, I'm not upset with you. At all.

  • You hacked MY account, deleted all MY photos, inconvenienced me, and yet I feel sorry for you.

  • 'Cause if your life sucks that much, that you have that much hate inside of you

  • to do something like this, I'm not trying to say this to make you more upset,

  • but I legitimately feel sorry for you.

  • Because I can-I can empathize with you.

  • I've been there.

  • I've been depressed in the past, it's not a secret, it's-if you watch my "Draw My Life", it's all there.

  • As much as I hate to admit it, I know what it's like to have so much hate inside of you

  • that you just want to spread that hate.

  • You want the rest of the world to feel the same pain that you feel,

  • and it makes you even more upset when you see happy people because

  • you're like, "That's sh-that's not fair."

  • The world's unfair!

  • Trust me, I get it!

  • I was literally you growing up, except probably not as smart 'cause I don't know how to hack things...

  • Basically what I'm trying to say is not just to the hacker, but to all of you that are watching,

  • rather than getting mad and feeling like the world's unfair,

  • and that you have to get even by making someone else feel that pain,

  • just know that these people do these hateful things for a reason!

  • Their life sucks!

  • You don't need to get payback, they're already suffering.

  • Getting angry and wanting to spread more hate is not going to make you feel any better

  • it's just going to turn you into one of them: somebody whose life sucks.

  • Sorry this video turned out to be such a bore.

  • I just felt that rather than complaining to you guys and making you feel more negativity

  • towards this hacker for doing this, I tried to turn this whole situation into a positive

  • like a learning experience.

  • I actually had another video idea that literally was just making fun of the hacker

  • and you know, breaking down why he did everything and making fun of him,

  • then I realized it literally goes against everything I'm saying right now.

  • It'll just add more negativity.

  • This video was to just let all of you guys know that if you're unhappy with your life,

  • making others feel your pain is not going to make you feel any better.

  • I still believe that happiness is a choice, and it's on you to make your life better, no one else.

  • If you choose to do more hateful things, you're choosing to suffer.

  • That's your own fault.

  • Look, terrible things happen to everyone, but it's your own choice, it's your own decision

  • how you deal with that.

  • My situation is the perfect example: I got hacked and rather than getting upset

  • and posting a more negative, funny video, I posted this one instead.

  • Probably should've posted the funny one.

  • With that being said, once again, I just want to thank every single person who's still

  • continuing to watch my videos. Again, I'm sorry this is not my normal video

  • and it turned out to be so preachy, but, you know, I just want to live in a world,

  • you know, where one day, not just hackers, but all hateful people will somehow turn to-

  • Hello Youtube world.

  • We are Anonymous. The following-

  • Gosh this is such an honor-

  • Wait, who is this?

  • It's me, Ryan! I mean, I-I never wanted to get hacked, but the fact that it's you guys,

  • it's such an honor, I never would have thought of myself to be that important, where this is-

  • Wait, this isn't PewDiePie?

  • N-No, I'm R-Ryan Higa...

  • Oh, wrong guy, sorry.

  • *mumbling* I knew I should have posted the negative, funny video.

Hey, guys. So I've been having a really bad week. Couple weeks, actually. If you don't already know, a bunch of people have been getting hacked on Instagram.

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