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Cathy Hummels chopped and blackmailed!"I was afraid"
Published on April 19, 2025
Munich - Nightmare scenario for all influencers!Cathy Hummels (37) has become the victim of an extortionate hacker attack.
Cathy Hummels (37) had to see how a hacker offered her account for sale.© Angelika Warmuth/dpa
"I was chopped and I had no access to my own Instagram account 24 hours," reports the 37-year-old in a video published on Saturday morning on Instagram.
The hacker had access to her feed and private messages."He was the gentleman over my account," said Cathy.
"He blackmailed me, wanted at least 4000 euros, and if I didn't pay it immediately, he would sell my account," says Hummels her followers.
"People, and not only that: he also publicly wrote in my organic that my account, my cathy-hummels account, is for sale. 'It's for sale' was there."