Teenage Hacker blackmailed US Instagram Influencers

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Teenage Hacker blackmailed US Instagram Influencers

 

A man from Birmingham blackmailed US-based Instagram influencers after hacking into their accounts when he was a teenager.

 

 November 2, 2021

 

By  DHIREN MANGA

Gurvinder Bhangu, aged 23, of Hamstead, Birmingham, was jailed for 21 months after he hacked into the Instagram accounts of US-based influencers and blackmailed them when he was a teenager.

Birmingham Crown Court heard he would spend 24 hours a day in his bedroom and saw hacking as a “puzzle”.

When he was 16, he illegally accessed one victim’s email and Instagram account, which had 1.1 million followers.

Bhangu then demanded money to return access to the owner.

He managed to steal £4,600 from the victim 

Then, aged 18, Bhangu hacked into the email and social media accounts of two more victims. He attempted to blackmail them, however, he was unsuccessful.

The first incident dated back to 2015 while the other two victims were targeted in 2016.

Police said Bhangu committed the crimes through “social engineering” using compromised details to reset account security information.