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by bakugo 1391 days ago
I have an instagram account that I basically don't use, created probably 10+ years ago. At one point I randomly decided to log in and found that my username was randomized and someone else (not even a brand account) was using my original name. I never got any emails about my account being accessed, my password was random, no login activity, etc. To this day I'm still wondering if the account was compromised without a trace or if instagram just decided to give my name to someone else.
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Unless your email was also compromised, your name was taken by an FB employee. They do this all the time for their friends and whoever might bribe them.