On Wednesday, The Instagram account of the South Korean actor Lee Do Hyun, popularly known for his roles in Youth of May and 18 Again, has been hacked.
Lee who holds 5.5 million followers became a victim of an unknown hacker. The actor’s account has now been taken down and his agency, Yuehua Entertainment has reacted to the hack.
It came to attention when fans started noticing suspicious activities on his account late Tuesday night. Posts shared by Lee Do-Hyun on his official account suddenly vanished and pictures of rats began popping up on the account with the caption, “owned by ratobot.”
It was followed by a flag of Brazil, hinting that the hacker could be from the country. The hacker went on to share numerous spam posts and even hinted that they did not have a particular agenda but were merely bored, News18 reports.
Yuehua Entertainment in a statement said that they have requested Instagram to respond to the incident and restore the damages, and they are doing their best to sort out this problem as soon as possible.
They further said that until the account is fully restored, all posts and activities related to this account have nothing to do with Lee and hope that the fans do not suffer any damages from it.
They also apologized for causing concern to the fans and will give their best to resolve everything quickly.
According to News18, the alleged hacker’s Instagram account tracks back to the Instagram account @bonn4tte3. Via Koreaboo, the account goes by the name Albert Liam, an American-Korean. When News18 Showsha tried to track down the account, the account seemed to be taken down.
However, the publication claims that the hacker had taken to Instagram Stories and declared that their next target will be IVE’s Wonyoung.
