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Instagram Hacked

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  • 21-07-2018 9:43am
    #1
    Wellyd
    Registered Users Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭


    I think I’m genuinely going to cry. I woke up to emails from Instagram this morning saying my phone number had been removed and my email address have been removed from my account. What can I do? The emails sent look very suspicious


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    #2
    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,519 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    The email could be fake. The first thing to do is to check if you can still access your Instagram account. Log into Instagram, perhaps post something, see what happens

    EDIt : Don’t click on any link in that email yet (should have said this first time)


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    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,284 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    That revert this change line looks very suspicious to me.


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    #4
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    "Hacker Way"

    Definitely fake!


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    #5
    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,519 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    "Hacker Way"

    Definitely fake!

    That’s actually the real address for Facebook & Instagram. Genuinely :)


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    #6
    Wellyd
    Registered Users Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭Wellyd


    Thankfully they allowed me back in! I had to send an email of a photo of myself holding a piece of paper with a unique code and my name and username written on it. My app still won’t let me log in but I can still use the website! I have to say they were very good about replying. I’ve added two step verification to my account which I would advise everyone to do!


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    #7
    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Change your email password too as a precaution.


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    #8
    EdgeCase
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭EdgeCase


    Never, ever, ever follow a link in an email like that.

    Go to Instagram.com directly by typing it into your browser manually and log in the way.

    There's a serious possiblity that the email was a phishing scam.


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