(VINnews) — The Miami Boys Choir, which has become a social media sensation, was locked out of their Tiktok account for over one month, apparently due to a hacker.
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The group only regained access this weekend, possibly thanks to intervention by their fans who reached out to Tiktok.
On Thursday, Chananya Begun, son of group leader Yerachmiel Begun, posted a tweet asking for help from anyone who knows how to resolve Tiktok issues.
Mr. Begun, who coordinates the group’s social media campaigns, wrote: Does anyone here have a contact at @TikTokSupport @tiktok_us? Huge issue with the Miami Boys Choir Tiktok account. A hacker locked us out. For over a month now, we have reached out to Tiktok at least FIFTY times. Barely a response, we are still locked out.”
Shot in the dark:
Does anyone here have a contact at @TikTokSupport @tiktok_us ?
Huge issue with the Miami Boys Choir Tiktok account. A hacker locked us out.
For over a month now, we have reached out to Tiktok at least FIFTY times. Barely a response, we are still locked out.— Chananya Begun (@Chananya_Begun) January 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/Chananya_Begun/status/1616246416330067969
Three days later Begun posted an update saying the issue was resolved, and thanking all those who assisted.
He wrote: Update: Twitter for the win. After a month wait, we are back in the MBC @tiktok
account. Thank you to everyone who reached out to @TikTokSupport on our behalf. And of course, thank you @TikTokSupport!
Update: Twitter for the win. After a month wait, we are back in the MBC @tiktok account. Thank you to everyone who reached out to @TikTokSupport on our behalf. And of course, thank you @TikTokSupport !
— Chananya Begun (@Chananya_Begun) January 22, 2023
Although VIN has not confirmed that the Begun Twitter account is authentic, the MBC Tiktok account had no new videos posted since December 20. It is unclear what motivation a hacker would have to lock the group out of their extremely popular account.
Since last year, MBC has become a massive sensation on Tiktok, amassing 209K followers and over 5 million likes.
Tik-tok is a CCP spy app, no American should be using it.
They shouldn’t be there on the first place
This is terrible. Chris Wray should look into this.
This has happened to several social media personalities in the past few months. Usually, the hacker contacts them and threatens to post on or delete the account if they don’t pay.
did everyone a favour
2 step verification on everything on every login you have. Thank me later.