As people get more comfortable with Social Media, the hacker community keeps growing more and more every single day. There are even people who pay hackers to get someone else’s account hacked.
Unfortunately, hacking Instagram accounts has become an extremely common occurrence now. Now, users aren’t even surprised when they figure out that their account is being hacked. And in these situations, there isn’t much that could even be done other than trying to make your account more secure. As days pass, a lot of new methods to hack Instagram online are being introduced.
Hacking an Account:
Instagram has very quickly become a great platform for advertising products. Advertisements can appear in any form: reels, posts, IGTVs or stories. Marketing through influencers has become extremely popular now. You will notice a lot of brands approaching influencers to market their products. Very often, influencers have a lot of fake followers which makes it very difficult for companies to invest in the right influencers.
The most traditional method to hack an account is trying out the most possible account passwords and the most common ones like “1234”. To save yourself from this, you just need to make sure that you have set a strong password.
There are many sites online that assist hackers. These sites only require the person’s username and a little money to do the work. They can have complete access to your account by doing this. Instagram has introduced a new “two-step authentication” method which keeps the hackers at bay. When you have switched this on, no one can access your account with just the password. They will also need the OTP that is sent on the verified email ID or phone number. Only after entering this will they be able to log in to your account. But, there are also some hacks online to change the email ID, Instagram password, and phone number of a certain account. In this case, even the two-step authentication is of no use.
Nowadays, there are hackers who are hacking the video cameras of phones or laptops. By doing this, they can see everything that is captured by your camera.
As mentioned, there are more than a hundred different methods to hacking Instagram accounts which is why it is important to be completely careful at all times. Instagram tries its best to have a secure network but there is only so much that it can do.
Be safe!