1.4 billion social media accounts are hacked every month. Recently, lots of Snapchat and Instagram accounts created by people in our school have been hacked.
“It was a random Monday and I realized I couldn’t get onto my account anymore,” junior Kai Mato said.
Kai had his Snapchat account hacked on Monday, April 29th.
“I immediately could tell it wasn’t him,” junior Zac Shoopman said. The person on Kai’s account sent the same message to everyone Kai had added.
The message was an attempt to get other people’s accounts as well, “Can I forward my Instagram reset link to ur phone message rn (right now) cuz my phone is tweaking I just need you to copy and paste it to me?”
This message has also been sent around from Instagram accounts. Junior Landon Lozano had an Instagram account hacked.
“It was really annoying to be honest. They got my account without me doing anything,” Lozano said.
Tom Mollison’s personal finance class is currently learning about identity theft, which involves people hacking into social media accounts. He has also discussed ways to prevent getting hacked.
“Some good precautionary measures are changing passwords for different apps and websites, enabling two-factor authentication,” Mollison said.
Using these is a good way to avoid getting information leaked out.
Students need to do everything they can to prevent themselves and others from getting hacked. A rise in hackers doesn’t have to mean a rise in people hacked.