[2arrs2ells]

I’ve seen sim swaps to get desirable instagram handles. I have to believe it’s easier to extract money from a PayPal account takeover than insta.

[bakugo]

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.

[prvit]

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.

[prvit]

This is incorrect. Instagram names are essentially impossible to recover (unless you know an insider) and there’s a liquid market for them.

Same is not true of paypal funds.