A MUST READ – 7 Signs Your Social Media Account Has Been Hacked

A MUST READ – 7 Signs Your Social Media
Account Has Been Hacked

It is no gainsaying that social media is now
an important feature in our lives.

It is used
by almost everyone from celebrities to
influencers, businesses, news platforms,

marketers and individuals.
Some persons have even leveraged on it to
make money.

So, it is important for your
different social media accounts to be
secured.

Regardless, since you are online,
and there are hackers prowling for accounts
to hack, you have to be observant to know if
your accounts have been illegally accessed or
not.

You are unable to log into your accounts
This is an obvious sign that your account may
have been hijacked by hackers.

You have
tried several passwords but you are still
locked out of your account.

Even the change
password option is not working. It must have
been a very sophisticated hack.

The only way
you can have your account back is to contact
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat.
Status not updated by you
This is perhaps the simplest way to know if
your social media account has been hacked.
You will see tweets or posts you didn’t share
appearing on your timeline.

It may be
political or propagandist messages. You
should immediately change your password.

Your number of followers significantly Jumps
You only have 300 followers on either your
Instagram or Twitter page.

Then you suddenly
notice that it jumped to like 2,000 or 3,000.
It is strange right and you never followed
anyone.

In fact, Instagram or Twitter will
not allow you to garner 2,000 or 3,000
followers a day.

If this is the case, it is
highly possible that your account has been
hacked.
Someone logged into your account from an
unusual location
Sometimes, you may add the wrong location
for reasons best known to you.

However, if
you see a location you never added, it is an
alert that someone is illegally accessing your
account from that location.

You may want to
do some checks to be sure you were not the
one that changed it.

You cannot find all your posts
All your posts for years have grown wings and
flew away.

You cannot find them. You
searched and searched but you still couldn’t
find them. You logged in and logged out but
the same thing.

It is advisable you change
your password or you have to deactivate that
account and open a new one.
Too many spammy ads on your page
This mainly applies to Facebook. A seemingly
interesting post is recommended to you to
read. If you click it, you have opened the
floodgate to spammy ads. That click will allow
hackers to access your account.

Your cover image has been replaced
If your cover image has been replaced with a
Unclad woman or any other nasty picture or
photo, it means someone is attempting to
frame you or in the process of usurping your
account.

You should look out for this on
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Source : JumiaTravels
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