Cybersecurity expert Kristina Podnar says that Instagram, in particular, has become a platform of choice for hackers because people engage with friends on the app and are trusting of links and messages sent through DMs. Odds are, if you get curious enough to click these links or interact with the bizarre messages, you may be the next victim of an Instagram account hack.Ī 2017 study from Google and the University of California, Berkeley, found that 15% of internet users had dealt with a social media or email account hack, and Norton’s 2021 Cyber Safety Insights Report found that with 73% of Americans spending more time online than in previous years, nearly half of respondents felt like they were more vulnerable to cybercrime since 2020 started. Your friend who knows nothing about cryptocurrency is posting suspiciously worded missives about how to get Bitcoin-rich, and your DMs are filled with strange links from people you never talk to.
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