The biggest fear of any social media savvy person is that of the account being hacked.
Looks like 6 of our B-Town celebs were in for the same trouble! Check out the celebs whose social media was recently hacked.
1. Vikrant Massey
Last year in December, actor Vikrant Massey’s Instagram account had been hacked for the second time. Massey took to his Twitter account and wrote, “Instagram hacked again. Please refrain from clicking on any link or DM‘s. We’re working on it.”
2. Esha Deol
Esha Deol is the latest Bollywood celebrity whose account was in the grasp of cyber criminals. Esha revealed on Twitter this Sunday that her Instagram account had been hacked.
“This morning my official Instagram account imeshadeol got Hacked, so please don’t reply to any msg if you received any from my Instagram account. Sorry for the inconvenience,” the actress tweeted.
3. Ameesha Patel
“I was a victim of cybercrime. My Instagram account was hacked on Sunday,” Ameesha Patel spoke via a video to her Instagram followers.
“Thanks to our honourable home minister @anildeshmukhncp, @mahacyber and @yashasvi.singh.9 .. assisted by sub-inspector Sandip Patilji my Instagram account was restored in record time … thank u again .. and everyone pls be aware of such cyber attacks,” she continued.
4. Farah Khan
Director Farah Khan’s Twitter account was also hacked last December and she had requested everyone to restrain from clicking or replying to any message sent by the account.
On the 4th of January, Farah wrote a thankful tweet where she thanked Karan Johar and Twitter for reinstating her account. She says, “Thank you @cherylanncouto@TwitterIndia for reinstating my Twitter handle after it was hacked and deleted.. n special thanks to @karanjohar@siddharthkadam for facilitating this.. also @MahaCyber1 for being so helpful. Be vigilant people.”
5. Urmila Matondkar
Actor turned politician Urmila Matondkar’s Instagram account had been hacked last December. She had filed an FIR with Maharashtra Cyber, the state police’s cyber wing.
“My Instagram account has been hacked @instagram. First, they DM you and ask to follow a few steps and verify the account and then it gets hacked. Really!? #NotDone,” Urmila tweeted.
6. Amitabh Bachchan
In June 2020, Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account was hacked by a Turkish hacker. The criminals had replaced Bachchan’s display picture with that of the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and modified the bio to, “Actor… well at least some are STILL saying so!! Love Pakistan”.
It was also mentioned that the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Manjunath Singe, said that the Mumbai Police cyber unit and the Maharashtra Cyber unit were investigating the matter.