Actress Pooja Hegde revealed that her Instagram account was hacked, and that her digital team has now retrieved it. In the tweet, she had also urged followers to not share any personal information with the hacker.
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Her tweet read, "Hi guys, so I’ve been informed by my team that my insta account has been hacked and my digital team is helping me with it. Please do not accept any invitations or pass out any personal information out to the person asking. Thank you (sic)."
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But, the damage was already done as the hacker shared a controversial post taking a dig at Samantha Akkineni's looks. A collage of Samantha's photos from Majili were shared as Pooja's Instagram story with the caption, "I don't find her pretty at all."
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But, the post regarding Samantha's looks did not go well with her fans who came up with #PoojaMustApologiseSamantha tag on Twitter.
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Thousands of Samantha's fans took to Twitter to express their support and demanded Pooja Hegde to apologise to her.
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Regarding her account being hacked, Pooja Hegde wrote, "Spent the last hour stressing about the safety of my Instagram account. Thanking my technical team for instant help at this hour. Finally, got my hands back on my Instagram. Any message, follow back or post in d past hour from my account has been done will be undone. Ty (sic)."
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Few hours later, Samantha shared a smiling picture of herself with a peace symbol. The cryptic tweet is seen as Samantha's classy response to the ongoing controversy.
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Samantha and Pooja Hegde's fans are taking turns to defend their favourite actresses.
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Pooja Hegde and Samantha Akkineni, like the rest of us, are spending time with their families during the lockdown.
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