Badminton doubles specialist N Sikki Reddy on Friday said her Instagram account was hacked.
The 26-year-old Hyderabad-based player posted the information on her official twitter account.
"@instagram please help me some hacker has hacked my account and sends me this messages in Whatsapp. I have already reported too but no response. He got my mail id and phone number everything," she tweeted with a screenshot of the account which says "I am hacker. I sell your account for $700.
"Hi everyone my insta account has been hacked so please dont message or tag me. I will update shortly. Thank you," she said in another tweet.
Responding to her tweet, Hyderabad city police advised her to contact the Cyber Crime Station.
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