Man hacks woman’s Instagram account ahead of wedding! Don't let it happen to you, just do this

tech.hindustantimes.com:

Tales of social media accounts getting hacked in order to steal personal information to extort money out of the victim’s account is something we all have heard of. Here we are talking about a case, where a man from Uttar Pradesh has hacked a woman’s Instagram to post something strange on her account. The accused has been arrested for allegedly hacking a woman’s Instagram account and announcing on her profile that she was going to run away just before her wedding!

Ahead of her marriage, the parents of the woman from Mumbai's Goregaon east had posted her wedding invitation on social media as well as shared the soft copies to their friends and relatives via WhatsApp on June 10, HT report says. Shockingly, just a day after sharing the invitation card on social media, a woman noticed that her Instagram account had been hacked by an anonymous person.

Not just that, but the hacker also posted the invitation card while writing a message on it, “This woman is going to leave her groom and run away from her wedding.” Moreover, the accused himself claimed that she was known to him. As soon as the woman found out, she informed her parents and fiancee, who later approached the police to file a complaint.

Later, police identified the accused as Yakub Danial Katti from Uttar Pradesh. Strangely, he was a complete stranger to the girl and the family. Police have arrested the accused and now police are trying to find the motive behind the crime and how he got the contact details and Instagram ID information of the woman.

As can be seen, this problem can be faced by everyone. In case such an attack does happen on your Instagram account, here is what you can do.

Also, do be careful about whom you are sharing your Instagram account password with.