Social media account hackings have been become more prevalent in the society and people are suffering more with it. Putting check to it, Instagram has rolled out a new feature that will help users with retrieving their hacked account. If your account has been hacked, you can simply open a browser from your mobile or desktop and type Instagram.com/hacked.
To get your account back, you will be asked to follow a series of sets. The platform said, apart from launching a feature to retrieve the hacked account, it is also introducing a tool for people to ask their friends to confirm their identity in order to help regain access to their account.
In a blog post, Instagram said, “We created Instagram.com/hacked, a new destination people can rely on to report and resolve account access issues, to support accounts that are facing access issues or may have been hacked. If you are unable to log into your account, enter Instagram.com/hacked on your mobile or desktop browser.”
Follow the below steps to get back your hacked account
*If you are not able to use your Instagram account, then enter Instagram.com/hacked on your mobile or desktop browser.
*Few options will be available to choose. You can select if you think you’ve been hacked, forget your password, lost access to two-factor authentication or if your account has been disabled.
*After selecting your issue on the browser, you will be able to follow a series of steps to help regain access to your account.
There is also another way to get back hacked account by choosing two of your Instagram friends to verify your identity and get back into your account. Once you choose your friends, they will get a request from Instagram, if both of your friends confirm within 24 hours, you will have to create a new password. If they fail to respond to Instagram’s request, you will again have to choose two other friends.