Media personality Lizz Ntonjira-Mutuma two weeks ago lost her Instagram account to hackers which says resulted in her losing over seven years’ worth of cherished memories.
Lamenting over the unfortunate occurrence, the heartbroken Lizz took to twitter to ask her loyal fans and friends to follow her on her newly set up Instagram account.
“I got hacked on Instagram and lost seven years’ worth of memories, thousands of hours of engagement with my followers & over 15.5k of avid followers. You can imagine my broken heart especially with a launch date coming up on 29.08.20.20.
“As much as this is extremely disappointing, it's an opportunity for a new beginning so I'm happy to create more memories on this new account and occasionally relive past memories. Looking forward to our engagement. With love, Lizz Ntonjira,” she wrote.
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Luckily for the former NTV news anchor, a number of her fans and close friends s stood with her and took it upon themselves to her gain new followers.
“Here’s my happy dance in appreciation of genuine support from these wonderful people who have helped me build my new account garnering over 2k followers in less than 24 hours….a million thanks to you @kambuamuziki @chriskirwa @catekirwa @kate_actress @cmuingo @yummymummy.ke @ms_ogutu @njeshqabbz @makeupbykanana @kirigongarua @njanjamaina @mikhala_barasa @mutaimemo @foodfan254 @makenakarangi and to you all for supporting my journey. As @kambuamuziki puts it, some setbacks are merely preparing you for a major comeback! I guess the joke is on the hackers,” she wrote.
Mwai Brenda
This is not the first time hackers have elbowed out personalities from their accounts.
It happened to former KTN presenter cum actress Brenda Mwai whose Instagram account got hacked on June 18, 2020. Fortunately for her, she was able to get it back.
Before the recovery, Brenda posted a notice on her timeline informing her followers that she had been hacked before taking to her Insta stories to assure she had retrieved it from the hands of the hackers.
“Hello everyone, I have actually managed to recover my account. Mwai Brenda with the help of my husband. I’ve seen your messages from my previous post saying it has been hacked. Yes, it was me just getting the message out there. But yes, after much work I have been able to get it back and yes looking forward to interacting with each and every one of you.
“Just wanted to make this video so that you can be assured that it is me and not someone else managing the account but I, Brenda Mwai so Karibuni tena,” she wrote.
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Citizen TV news anchor Joey Muthegi, on the other hand, had to give up on her verified Instagram account with over 1 million followers after hackers demanded ransom.
Joy went ahead to start a new account and warned her followers from falling prey to deals offered by the hackers who stole her account.
“Hey friends, it appears my account has been compromised/hacked. Please do not agree to any seemingly lucrative deals on my behalf. I will open a new account soon. I hope you will follow me there. All the hugs,” she wrote.
