Ameesha Patel's Instagram account restored after getting hacked

Actress, Ameesha Patel's Instagram account has been restored after the Jalwa actor lodged a complaint with the Maharashtra cyber police. Ameesha revealed, that she had received a message from Instagram about a copyright violation and when she clicked on the link embedded in the message to clarify matters, she was directed to a fake site after which she lost control of her account, he said. "She filed a complaint with us on Monday. The hacker had blocked the account and deleted the contents. However, we contacted Instagram and got them to reactivate the account with all its contents intact," he said.

Maharashtra Cyber helped actress Amisha Patel recover her Instagram account which was hacked through a phishing attack. pic.twitter.com/FJnH2OR8rA

— ANI (@ANI) January 5, 2021

Before Patel, National Award Winning singer Asha Bhosle on Monday, January 4, 2021, went on to reveal that her Instagram handle was restored hours after it was hacked. The 87-year-old singer revealed on her Twitter handle that she received a malicious "copyright violation" message after which her Instagram account was hacked. Last week, choreographer and director, Farah Khan had faced a similar fate after her Twitter account was hacked. Recently, actor-politician Urmila Matondkar, Neil Nitin Mukesh and celebrity interior designer Sussanne Khan's Instagram accounts were also hacked.