Today, through social media, we can do our great work very easily, social media has become a great world to stay connected with our family and friends. Our Bollywood stars also use Twitter and Instagram to keep updating their fans. Due to their popularity, in the last few years, hackers have hacked the social media accounts of celebrities, and misused them to spread hate misinformation.
From Amitabh Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor to Nora Fatehi, the accounts of celebs have been felled somewhere and suddenly the accounts must have gone.
1) Nora Fatehi :
Nora Fatehi‘s Instagram account was apparently felled just a few days ago. Nora returned hours after she disappeared from gram and gave a statement stating that there had been a breach. She also expressed gratitude to the Instagram crew for assisting her in restoring the account. said the note, “Sorry guys! There was an attempted hack on my Instagram! Someone’s been trying to get into my account since morning. Thanks to the Instagram team for helping me sort this out so quickly @instagram.”
2) Anupam Kher :
The 62-year-old actor’s Twitter account was hacked in 2018.
Anupam, who was in Los Angeles, had revealed that he came to know through friends at home that his account had been hacked. “My Twitter account has been hacked. Just got few calls from friends in India about it. I am in LA and it is 1 am,” he told a news agency. The actor revealed that he had received a link from Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta in a direct message. “Got a DM yesterday from Mr. Swapan Dasgupta’s account about a link. A first from him. So opened it. Have spoken to Twitter already.”
3) Abhishek Bachchan:
4) Amitabh Bachchan :
In 2019, Amitabh Bachchan‘s Twitter account was felled by a turkey hacker who replaced Big B’s display picture with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan. The hacker also changed the bio with “Actor … well at least some are STILL saying so !! Love Pakistan”. Several tweets were also sent out through the account. One of which read, “The Indian State, who mercilessly attacks the Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan, is attacking the Ummah Muhammad in this age! Indian Muslims are entrusted to us by Abdulhamid.” After over 10 hours, Amitabh Bachchan yielded to the micro-blogging site and his first tweet gave a befitting reaction to what happened. “Express not just in words the existence of one ; not everyone has the capability to say what they understand and feel,” wrote Big B.
5) Shahid Kapoor :
A day after Shahid Kapoor welcomed his second kid, his Twitter account was hacked by many hackers. The hacker used a Turkish accent to make absurd tweets on Shahid’s involvement in the film Padmaavat. Anupam Kher and Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter accounts have previously been hacked by the same group.
6) Karan Johar :
The filmmaker’s Twitter account was felled when someone began using it to send DMs to his fans and followers. KJo alerted his fans about the mishap and finally got his Twitter account recovered.
Social media accounts of more such celebrities have been hacked, you should be safe from hackers and be alert.
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