In her case, the phishing email came from a -based email address. THEN THEY STOPPED RESPONDING ENTIRELY,” wrote Cassie.Īnna Wood, another lifestyle-related Instagrammer with 44,000 followers revealed how her account was hacked and held for ransom by hackers. “I got them down to a measly $122 for my account (which I reluctantly and stupidly paid via Bitcoin, they would not accept venmo or PayPal or any other payment that could be tracked). Despite the payment, the hackers did not return her account neither was there any positive response from Instagram. She then received a -based email from hackers demanding ransom in Bitcoin however after a brief discussion, Cassie ended up paying $122 ransom. See: Sultry Instagram Sextortion Sisters Meet Their Match In Nigerian Oil BillionaireĬassie Gallegos, another victim of Instagram hacking spree who published lifestyle content wrote in her blog that she had over 57,000 followers on her account before she lost its control to hackers. At the time of publishing this article, Kevin’s account was restored by Instagram. As a result, 90 million users were affected but now, in another hacking spree hackers are targeting high-profile Instagram accounts and holding them for ransom – In some cases, hackers have gone one step further by permanently deleting the targeted Instagram accounts.Īccording to Motherboard, so far a number of Instagram influencers have become a victim of growing hacking spree including Kevin Kreider, an LA-based health and fitness Instagrammer with over 100,000 followers who lost his account to hackers after falling for a phishing scam that claimed to offer a sponsorship deal with French Connection. The social media giant Facebook was hacked a few days ago after hackers exploited a vulnerability in its “View As” feature.

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