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Steps to Take if Your Social Media Account Gets Hacked

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One fine day you sit back to relax and login to your favorite social media account and see a series of posts that you never posted and messages that were definitely not sent by you. Or maybe you wake up to an email that your XYZ account’s password has been changed without you even knowing about it. The first thing that pops up in your mind is that your account has been hacked. The next thing you know is you are panicking, not knowing what to do now! This is something that needs to be addressed timely considering the social media trespasses that have been taking place increasingly at an alarming rate. According to recent reports, around 25% of social media users admitted that their accounts were hacked at least once, and approx 15% claimed it was hacked more than once. So, the real question here is that what should you do if you find yourself stuck in a social media crisis like this? Well, your first step and the most critical one should be to reset your password straight away and infor...