The Shocking Mistakes Every Creator Overlooks—And How a Simple Fail-Safe Can Save Your Social Media Career
These types of hacks aren’t new, unfortunately.
In 2018, Vice published a story on how Bitcoin scammers were able to hijack smaller influencer Instagram accounts and hold them ransom in exchange for Bitcoin.
One victim was actor and businessman Kevin Kreider who was a fitness influencer with 100,000 Instagram followers at the time.
Like Linus Media Group, Kevin opened an email from a potential sponsor on his phone while he was at the gym. The email contained a cloaked scam link.
When Kevin clicked the link, he landed on a page that stole his login credentials for Instagram. Once hackers hijacked the account, they contacted Kevin again with a demand for $100 in Bitcoin.
