The Heropanti actress Kriti Sanon’s Instagram account was hacked earlier in the day. She notified her fans using a different platform. She tweeted stating her account was hacked.
GUYS MY INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT IS HACKED! Pls do not respond!
— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) September 3, 2018
Celebrities are often found amidst such crisis wherein they are always on the radar of hackers. Celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor, Emma Watson, Mila Kunis have faced a similar issue earlier. Their social media accounts have been hacked across different platforms. Social media platforms ought to outmatch hackers, when it comes to security and access procedures as celebrity accounts tend to have a huge reach and can be used negatively as seen in most cases.
However, Kriti also later tweeted that her account has been restored with some help. It appears that it was a narrow escape for her.
Ok my instagram is back!! A biggg thank you to Freyan, Nikita and Varun Katoch who helped me and got it back so soon! ♥️♥️ ??
— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) September 3, 2018
Sanon also went live on Instagram today an notified her followers about the restoration of her profile. However a keen observation led us to find that her Insta bio still reads as 'Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe'. While we ponder on if it is intentional to create buzz around her item song in the recently released 'Stree' starring Rajkumar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor or it hasn't been revised yet?