In September of this year, Ellen Bradley became a victim of an online scam when her Instagram and Facebook account got hacked. "It had a picture of a man with my name under it," Bradley said. "A man that I had never seen."
It's always worth checking if you ever suspect something has gone wrong. And it's pretty easy to do across Facebook and Instagram. Check Facebook to see if you've been hacked Mercifully, Meta, owner of both Facebook and Instagram, has asingle site for all your account information(accou...
All hacked accounts have now been restored into Facebook's possession and the defacement posts removed. The attack has been carried out by OurMine, the same hacker group who last week defaced Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts forthe NFL, 15 NFL teams, and sports TV stationESPN. The...
Instances of unauthorized individuals commandeering accounts on Facebook,Instagram,Twitter(now X),LinkedIn, and other platforms are common. The culprit could be someone you’re acquainted with, playing a prank. It might be an ex-partner seeking retaliation. In some situations, it could be relations...
My next thought is perhaps my accounts were hacked and started doing some research. Get our free mobile app While I was relieved to find out it was a personal hack, I was equally alarmed to see that people all over the country started reporting these issues. I went to Down Detector and...
his “Trusted” account on Instagram was taken down by Facebook today, as were “@Killer,”— a personal Instagram account he used under the nickname “noah/beam.” Beam’s Twitter account —@NH— has been deactivated by Twitter; it washacked and stolen from its original owner back...
Hack Instagram Awesome! I realize not everyone reading this will approve, but I don't care :)) I hacked into the Instagram of our local urban celebrity, with no bad intentions, I was just very curious to know how and what he lives. I want to tell you that for the opportunities this...
You’d be surprised how often people get hacked with this type of trick. It doesn’t even have to be a bank employee. They might pretend to be a utility company, asking you to give them username and password so they can recover your “lost account”. Since most victims reuse the same...
As far as I knew, I hadn’t done anything wrong. My Facebook and Instagram accounts had both been tied to my usual email address, protected by unique passwords, and set up with two-factor authentication. It’s unclear to me how a rogue Instagram account would insert itself into the mix...
Both Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts were hacked by the same group, which alsohijacked the National Football League (NFL) teams’ accountsbefore the SuperBowl in January. OurMine is also the group behind the hacking of accounts of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey...