A Brazilian rose to fame on meme pages after revealing her conversation with a cryptocurrency hacker. The woman had stolen her Instagram account and then decided to contact the hacker to request access, receiving an unusual response.
The situation is certainly not common for most people, who, when they see their accounts hacked, run away from danger. But for Ana Rios, the episode was handled naturally, with her reclaiming her bill.
Even more unusual was the hacker’s response, which indicated that he would return access, but before that he would use the account to hit his contacts.
Brazilian gets hacked and asks for account back
On Twitter, in a post that already has more than 4,000 likes, the victim said he understood the hacker was running a cryptocurrency scam on his followers, but would really like to regain access.
In response, the hacker said he would return it, but he had to take a few hits first. According to him, as the end of the year was approaching, he needed the account to make money.
today i spoke to my hacker on instagram and i am going to include this pearl here pic.twitter.com/oBt3YluZOG
—ana (@anarioss) December 6, 2022
Still, he returned the account to the victim after the case went viral. In a publication on the Memes Twitter profile, which has 2 million followers on Instagram, the conversation between the victim and the cryptocurrency hacker garnered more than 78,000 likes.
Positive outcome and security tip from hacker: “Activate your 2FA next time”
Last Wednesday (8), the brave Brazilian who encountered a hacker looking for her Instagram made her first publication after resuming her profile.
She joked that the “PIX vulture wasn’t made” even though the hacker is a sweetheart. In response, her followers said they believed she had entered a cryptocurrency pyramid.
“I’m stopping by to let you know that the vulture in the picture was not taken despite being a cutie and the days here were great without Instagram, but now Mami is back.”
As Livecoins previously shared, cryptocurrency PIX scams on Instagram are all the rage among hackers. By adopting profiles on the social network, they try to apply scams to victims’ acquaintances.
So Ana’s case may be another example of the importance of avoiding clicking suspicious links, even if they come from friends.
In addition, when using social networks such as Instagram and others, it is important to set up two-factor authentication, a tip shared by the hacker himself before returning the account to the victim.
Source: Live Coins
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