The Instagram account of The Sandbox, one of the world’s most famous ‘metaverse’ and game platforms, was hacked. After the cyber attack, the account was disabled. The platform made a statement on its official Twitter account. “The Sandbox’s Instagram account has been temporarily disabled. The Sandbox team is still actively working to recover the account” used the phrases. Followers of the account were advised not to click on suspicious links during this process.
After the developments; Contacting Instagram, The Sandbox team managed to regain control of the account. After the account was recovered, The Sandbox also made a post on Instagram informing its followers.
“Do not click on the fake link in the bio of The Sandbox Instagram account”
Stating that the Instagram account was seized in the morning despite the layers of security they used in the said post, the platform pointed out that they are working in cooperation with Instagram to take back control of the account. The Sandbox also; He also underlined that they do not offer sweepstakes, trial version access or special discounts on any link other than “www.sandbox.game”.
in the statement “Do not click on the new link in the bio of The Sandbox Instagram account or the fake ‘Season 4 Draw’ statement” statements were also included.