08 February 2021 | IANS

A number of social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter this week took measures to target users involved in reselling hijacked user accounts across their platforms, cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs reported.

These users who have now been banned have played a major role in facilitating the trade and resale of highly sought-after usernames. Hundreds of accounts have now been seized as a result of the action by the social media platforms, KrebsOnSecurity reported on Thursday.

Instagram has confirmed to The Verge that it has disabled hundreds of accounts that were stolen as part of online hacking operations that had aimed to gain access to and sell coveted usernames.

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