Instagram users' accounts reportedly being hijacked in spreading hack

Instagram users' accounts reportedly being hijacked in spreading hack

By / Technology / Tuesday, 14 August 2018 14:31

Increasing numbers of people are reportedly experiencing the same Instagram hack, which logs them out and changes their personal details.

Hundreds of people have reported being hacked since the beginning of August, according to Mashable, which highlighted similarities between the attacks.

Victims say they're being logged out, their handles and profile avatars are changed (often to a Disney or Pixar character) and their bios are deleted, reported Mashable. When they try to reset their password, they find that the account has been linked to a new .ru email address -- a Russian domain.

 

Read more at CNET.

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