Such manipulation has gone largely unchecked for years. ![]() Instagram discovered that stolen account names were obtained through hacking, extortion, blackmail and harassment - and then could be sold for as much as $40,000. The crackdown, which began on Thursday, follows a monthslong investigation by Instagram into, the primary forum in which these accounts are sold and traded. Cybercriminals buy and sell the user names on dedicated forums and messaging apps. user names” (think keywords like and are valuable because they are eye-catching and confer status the people who first snatched them up were early adopters. These short, covetable handles, known as “O.G. Instagram is coordinating with other social media platforms, including Twitter and TikTok, to ban users who have been involved in stealing hundreds of single-word user names.
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