Anyone else have weird random people showing up on your feed?
I had one yesterday that I thought maybe my daughter somehow followed. But now there's 2 others?!
Just checked, like 10 others?!
My profile is private but is it possible it got hacked into?
honeydew / 7091 posts
Weird! I've never heard of anyone's Instagram getting hacked, but I suppose it's bound to happen. Are they normal people, or spammy accounts?
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
Yes! I've had that happen before! It's always weird spammy accounts, sort of fitness related.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@swurlygurl: spammy!
@Mrs. Jump Rope: mine's all Arabic?! It's right after I followed a vendor that I found via Brickyard Buffalo. Sucks for her but I unfollwed her!
grapefruit / 4049 posts
Similar thing happened to me a few months back... I just reported the accts and blocked them.
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
@locavore_mama: that's crazy! My account is private as well.
Can IG get hacked?
pomelo / 5628 posts
I did for awhile, they were all Czech. If you click on them they have like thousands of followers and are following like 4. I changed my password and deleted and flagged them all, but it took awhile for it completely to go away.
pomelo / 5720 posts
I have had this too, but they seemed to have stopped the past few weeks. I just kept deleting/flagging them all. My account is also private so I was so confused about how this could've happened.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@locavore_mama: Did you give access to your Instagram account to any applications? They are probably abusing their access to make you follow strangers:
https://instagram.com/accounts/manage_access
More info here!
http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/instagram-spammers-attack-accounts-are-auto-following-random-users-and-its-horrible/
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Mrs. Jump Rope: I've been googling and some people said it's because of your 3rd party authorizations. But I only authorize one - Padgram which has had authorization for months. But irregardless I revoked access, unfollowed, blocked, reported all the users and changed my un & pw!
So for those that I follow/me now my u/n has a 
in it!
@mrbee: thanks! That's the article I just read. 
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
@locavore_mama: I've never authorized access to any third party apps!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Mrs. Jump Rope: do you view your IG through any other apps on any other platforms besides your iPhone or comp?
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
@locavore_mama: I'm wondering if you should contact IG about it because it doesn't sound like your privacy settings are working.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@BabyBoecksMom: wait. Can you see my profile when you're not logged in??
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
@locavore_mama: Um... not sure how to get to IG w/o logging in, but I'm wondering if, for some people like you and @Mrs. Jump Rope:, it has a quirky setting. (Just trying to think w/ my IT hat on for a minute)
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@BabyBoecksMom: hmmmmm. I think I'll see if everything I did will stop the new following. If not I'll contact IG which btw I still can't find a contact email for!
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