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They deleted his account, anyway, even after he paid, but fortunately, he was able to gain control of it again with help from Vice.
One influencer from the story never regained access to her account. One sent small amounts of Bitcoin to the hacker while her tech-savvy friend recovered her account. A third influencer only regained control after her followers pressured Instagram to step in.
A story from vice the following year explained how some influencers had to rely on the actions of white-hat hackers in order to regain control of their accounts due to inaction from Instagram themselves.
