Description
The Instagram of BaleBengong media experienced an attack on September 7 2024.
The Instagram account with 13 thousand followers initially received a notification via email that the account had changed its email. After the admin checked, the account was gone.
About 30 minutes later, there was a call and WhatsApp message from a foreign number asking whether the admin really owns the account? There was no response to this question, because it was suspected that it was an attempt to blackmail.
Instagram is suspected of being phished because of a fake link to Instagram's appeal form with the method of reporting copyright violations by filling in the account name and entering 2FA.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Unknown
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Data not collected
Country
Bali
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Hacking
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