Re:Someone has stolen my Instagram account
by jeremymcanally on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:07PM
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It doesn't surprise me at all, actually. These idiots brag about this to friends constantly and try to make new connections inside the companies to exploit. I have a very short Twitter that people try to take over constantly, and by virtue of being on the platform early, I've accrued a few "OG" accounts for various projects or whatever. When someone stole one of my accounts that I didn't use anymore by having their friend take it over, I had my friend look into it and they reversed it.
The account jacking idiot then messaged me trying to get me to put them in touch with my friend so they could try to help them get other accounts and bragged about how he was just going to take some of my other accounts that he somehow knew belonged to me despite there being no link to one another outside of what would be Twitter-internal data. It was the most brazenly ridiculous thing I've ever encountered, but I'm assuming it's an ignorant kid who doesn't realize the possible consequences or a really dumb adult.
So, I can totally believe the idiot would just blurt out how he got it because that gives him clout amongst his miscreant "OG account" friends.
In the new Danny's screenshot, it shows that he's followed by three other "OG" account names: "blood", "murder", and "dead". Furthermore, the screenshot was taken from another account, otherwise it would have shown as "This account is private" (Try viewing your own Instagram profile while logged in and private). Whoever was viewing it was therefore friends with Danny, 'blood', 'dead', and 'murder'. In other words, someone interested in OG accounts, or one of new Danny's alternate accounts.
Finally, it would be truly bizarre if new Danny immediately implicated a friend at Facebook before anyone asked him how he got the account. If this was true, I would suspect new Danny would be going to great lengths to hide the fact, rather than trying to hand the excuse out before anyone even asks. This guy just stole someone's Instagram account. He's hardly a credible source.
I wouldn't rush to conclude that a Facebook employee did this. It sounds like the kind of excuse someone would give to pretend to be coming from a position of internal power rather than appearing to be the result of a hack.