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Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:18:30 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

When someone finds their social media account compromised, they first think about letting their followers know. And they do. They warn others from reading any strange posts, usually containing a rogue link, before they sort out the matter behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

Some curious followers who missed these posts backtrack the feed\u2014only to find that nothing appears out of place. So where are they?<\/p>\n

Clever attackers are using platform functionality to appear invisible. This way, the chances of catching them are small. Apart from the victims themselves, nobody may realize that something dubious was in full view of everybody in the first place.<\/p>\n

You don’t see it…<\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s a hijacked Instagram page.<\/p>\n

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Well, you know what they say about cakes…<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Despite warnings by the account owner to avoid being ripped off by whoever took over their account, the page looks absolutely, positively normal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Warning from the panic-stricken account owner posted on Facebook. But there doesn’t seem to be cause for panic.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Instagram page is still hacked!! This is not me ..... I do not have a spare \u00a3150 to give to 5 winners unfortunately........ If you reply you will be messaging some {redacted}. please just report the account if you can and you're on my instagram page. Instagram are sorting it although very slowly!!!<\/code><\/pre>\n
There are no odd links in the Bio; the photographs are untouched; the user name hasn\u2019t been changed to anything peculiar. The page itself is acting as it should.<\/p>\n
So what is the problem here?<\/p>\n
…and then you do<\/h2>\n
Instagram has a feature called Stories, first introduced in 2016<\/a><\/u>. It’s a quick and easy way to upload zinger-style posts, short clips, or anything else that’s supposed to be a passing thought. Stories only last for 24 hours and then self-delete.<\/p>\n
A Story is designed to be evanescent\u2014don’t log on to Instagram for 24 hours and you’ll miss it entirely.<\/p>\n
As a result, people with bad intentions often hide their bogus postings in the Stories section instead of putting them directly onto the Instagram grid. This has a couple of advantages for the account hijacker:<\/p>\n