The scammer announced that he was able to temporarily block the account of the head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, convincing the moderators of the social network that he had died. He did this by setting a memorable status that appears on Instagram on the pages of users who have passed away..

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Hacker Syenrai Shows Motherboard The Emails He Sent To Instagram. In response, representatives of the social network asked for any evidence of death.. As evidence, they consider a death certificate or an obituary, which indicates the full name and surname of a person.. In order to confirm the death of Mosseri, Syenrai created a fake obituary, which was published on the Internet..

Instagram confirmed that Mosseri's account was briefly blocked in September, but said it quickly resolved the issue..

Syenrai noted the ease with which he managed to block the account and the fact that if it happened to another user, it would take him a very long time to regain control of the account..

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