How to recover your hacked Instagram account

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Previously, if your Instagram account was taken over by an attacker, recovering it would require wading through choppy customer support, or calling for assistance from white-hat hackers. Now, Instagram is rolling out new measures to help you get your account back more easily

Here’s what you have to do in case your account gets hacked:

• Open the Instagram app, and go to the login page.
• Tap on ‘Need more help’.
• Enter the original email address and phone number you used with your account.
• Instagram will send a six-digit unique code to that email address and number. Enter the code to recover your account.

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In addition to this, Instagram told Motherboard that it’ll prevent hackers from using the code sent to you from another device. Plus, it’ll also put a lockdown on the user name for a definitive period after any changes to the account – even if you’ve made the changes yourself. The username lockdown feature is currently available for Android users, and it’s rolling out gradually to iOS users.