So, you thought the generous Ellen DeGeneres suddenly decided to become magnanimously over-generous and give away 30 Tesla cars, 900 Apple watches, 1000 Macbooks, 2000 iPhones, along with Xbox and PlayStation gift cards? Well, as generous as she is, and this undoubtedly came from her Instagram post, she later tweeted that her account was hacked temporarily. With more than 77 million followers on Instagram, this post came as a massive surprise to everyone. The treasure trove post soon got deleted as her PR team came to know about the hack.
Popularity and security
This is not the first time any celebrity came under the scanner of hackers. Even Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account got hacked. Talk about getting your home getting robbed! This is proof that even the most popular celebrities can’t escape the eyes of clever hackers who would go to any extent to find a breach in security.
Most newbie Instagrammers fail to gain so much popularity. While reaching even 1000 followers sounds impossible, having 77 million followers is almost beyond imagination. But many users now prefer to purchase followers, which gives them an ideal platform to share their skills and expertise in different fields. Poprey, for example, is a service provider that offers genuine Instagram followers. But even though Ellen didn’t have to buy followers because of all her fame, her account got hacked.
She even tweeted that despite setting a clever password “password,” hackers managed to hack into her account and upload the giveaway posts. So, it is clear that if you opt to purchase followers, you should set a complicated password so that no one can hack into your account. Try using multiple characters, symbols, and numbers to protect your Instagram profile.
Ellen and her generosity
Ellen DeGeneres is probably one of the most generous people around giving away thousands of gifts every year to her fans. The 61-year old comedian, known for her quirky one-liners, couldn’t handle this bouncer from the hackers. She took to Twitter to apologize to her fans and also thanked them for bringing the post to her notice. Ellen often goes through her audience’s Facebook and Instagram profiles after getting permission to look for hilarious photos. Sadly, this time, it backfired on her.
While the daytime talk-show queen got off lightly this time, there are celebrities who couldn’t limit the damage. Some of the prominent Twitter profiles, Facebook pages, and even Instagram handle of celebrities sent our creepy messages to followers.
Ellen is widely known all over the world for her generosity. Some of her followers brought the news of her hacked profile before the posts got deleted. A few followers also posted screenshots of the giveaways and mentioned that she should check her Instagram account right away. One of the followers also commented that he doesn’t think that she gets paid so much to announce such massive giveaways all of a sudden.
Fortunately, her PR team deleted the post quickly, but it surely didn’t fail to put a smile on the faces of her followers, considering how generous the comedian is in real life.
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