So far, artists have often been the target of irresponsible hackers who have taken over their social media accounts so as to make scary uploads. Read more below.
Lately, the rise of cases of hacking personal social media accounts among celebrities is increasingly worrying. In fact, not a few who hacked the social media account made viewers scared because of the hacker's actions.
Recently, Ningning Aespa became the target of a netizen who was angry with him for giving support to athletes from his home country, China. Based on the rumors circulating, Ningning's personal Instagram account was exposed and the hacker shared a list of friends that she followed via Instagram.
This of course made a number of other fans feel uncomfortable with the hack that exposed Ningning's private information. Hacking is not allowed by anyone let alone for this kind of crime.
Did you know that other Korean celebrity Instagram accounts have experienced this before? In fact, this hacking action made the public excited by uploading spooky photos on the Instagram accounts of the artists.
1. Kang Ye Won
Kang Ye Won was once one of the targets of hacking by irresponsible people in 2017. All of his photos were deleted and his account was replaced with an "Anonymous" face with a masked person's face and a message saying "You have been hacked" and it was discovered that it was from Persia.
Fans were shocked and also scared by the incident because there was no clear connection between Kang Ye Won and Persia. Kang Ye Won's agency moved quickly to request Instagram for the restoration of the artist's personal account.
2. Sunhwa
Sunhwa is one of the celebrities who had to let her Instagram account change because it was hacked. Due to this incident, Sunhwa gave an announcement to fans to follow her new Instagram account which has the username shh_daily.
3. Jo Byung Gyu
Jo Byung Gyu's fans became confused when his Instagram account bk_arta suddenly changed the image to the so-called "Instagram Support Channel" and replaced with the Greek alpha (A) symbol. His profile picture was also replaced with a bubble-shaped Instagram logo and his account was locked.
Regarding this problem, Jo Byung Gyu's agency has acted quickly to solve this problem. This hack could be the result of the actor's popularity.
4. IU
Next is IU, who was the victim of a hack on her Instagram account in 2020. She uploaded to her Instagram story to share messages about people trying to hack her account.
IU said that she didn't use her Instagram account but found that she was following an unknown account. IU also gets a lot of text messages about attempts to hack her Instagram account password.
5. Kwon Yuri Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation's Kwon Yuri ran into a disappointing situation earlier this year when she logged into her Instagram account and found a post on her feed from an account she never followed. The hacker seems to be a fan of SEVENTEEN (II) because the feed post is a photo of one of the members.
6. Red Velvet's Joy
The alleged hacking experienced by Red Velvet's Joy is considered almost similar to the case experienced by Ningning Aespa because it was hacked through a second personal Instagram account. In December 2021, Joy's second personal Instagram account was leaked to the public. This made his private photos leaked so that some fans felt sorry for Joy because her privacy was invaded.
Meanwhile, there are many other artists who have experienced similar incidents. Therefore, it is necessary to be careful about the personal account of an artist. (wk/taki)
