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Losing a social media account
Facebook, Instagram, Discord and similar accounts taken or disabled.
3 people have shared their stories about this.
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LeFlop JamesUSA
I pirated a game and my PC started opening PowerShell on its own
“Last week I tried to download a pirated game. Shortly after, my Discord account got hacked but I caught it immediately.…”
Account takeoverMalware and infostealers
Read this story →KnightGuardFlorida, USA
A game mod from Discord turned my PC into a spam machine
“This one still messes with me because it started with something that felt harmless. I joined a random Discord server…”
Malware and infostealersPhishing
Read this story →PhoenixIndia
Someone posted to my Instagram even though I had 2FA on
“I'm writing this to explain an incident that happened today morning. I live in India. I had my 2FA enabled on my insta…”
Account takeoverLosing a social media account
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