by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 10, 2019 | Scam of the day
With over a billion users, Instagram is extremely popular and once again, anything popular with the public is popular with scammers. Recently there have been reports that many Instagram users have had their accounts hacked and taken over. In many instances the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 6, 2019 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, the Instagram account of Houston Texans’ wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins was hacked and taken over for about nine hours before he was able to regain control of his account. Unfortunately, the hacking not only resulted in the loss of his older...
by admin | Sep 1, 2018 | Scam of the day
Over the last month many Instagram users had their accounts hacked and taken over. In many instances the hackers changed the username, image and email address associated with the account. Some of the hacked accounts were entirely deleted while in other instances...
by admin | Sep 4, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Instagram, the popular photo sharing app used by more than 700 million people recently was hacked. One of the more visible effects of the hacking was the stealing and temporary posting of nude photos of Justin Bieber on the Instagram account of his former...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 4, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Instagram is a great app for sharing photographs and videos, however, it has recently been discovered that it can be easily hacked when it is used with public WiFi. The core of the problem is that Instagram accounts do not communicate over an encrypted program. An...
