Their likely aim is to infiltrate accounts that follow the now hacked GHS account. This is how they will hack your account.
- You will receive a message from hackedGHS;
- You will think it is me — Gail Hastings — that has sent it to you;
- The message will ask for your assistance. If you agree, you will receive another message that will ask you to copy, paste and send them a link that Instagram will send you shortly;
- Instagram will then send you a link;
- You will think it is legitimate since it is Instagram that has sent it;
- The problem is, the link IS legitimate because it is YOUR link to YOUR account;
- The hacker triggered Instagram to send it by clicking ‘forgot password?’ in the log-in panel;
- The link is to YOUR account, not the account to which you’ve been helping;
- But, because you’ve been tricked to think it belongs to the account you’ve been helping, you will copy, paste and send it to them;
- They then log in to your account through the link Instagram officially sent you but which you’ve been tricked to send on;
- They will change the account name and email, at which point you will be jettisoned and unable to re-log back in;
- If you use the ‘forgot password?’ link to regain entry as Instagram advises for hacked accounts, you will see a pop-up message saying the account (YOUR ACCOUNT) does not exist.
My new Instagram account is here:
Art by Gail Hastings
The account will be all about colour space for the time being (while still trying to encourage myself to keep with it).