SM Entertainment Responds To Suspicions That EXO Baekhyun’s Instagram Was Hacked, And Fans Can’t Stop Laughing

Baekhyun addressed the subject on Twitter.

SM Entertainment has clarified the situation after suspicions rose about EXO Baekhyun‘s Instagram being hacked.

Fans received a surprise when they went on Instagram to find that all of Baekhyun’s posts had disappeared. He’s been active on Instagram for quite some time, so a lot of content was lost.

suddenly baekhyun's instagram posts are all gone 😢 pic.twitter.com/akDguFz83M

— 𝑩◞♡° (@codeB5O6) September 21, 2022

The hacking of celebrities’ social media accounts is not exactly unheard of. Recently, for example, actor Lee Do Hyun had his Instagram hacked. The hacker deleted all of his posts and replaced them with new ones of random images, many of them using the caption “#ratobot.”

Post made by the hacker on Lee Do Hyun’s Instagram | *@ldh_sky/Instagram*

The hacker then revealed their next target: IVE‘s Wonyoung.

Fans raised concerns after a Twitter account named @ratabot_offifical claimed to have accessed her Instagram account and even claimed to be targeting BLACKPINK‘s Lisa next.

The hacker eventually shared a statement about their motives and asked for forgiveness, though fans naturally remained suspicious. Luckily, Wonyoung’s Instagram wasn’t edited the way Lee Do Hyun’s was, and it seems like Lisa’s was also left unharmed.

But when EXO-Ls found Baekhyun’s Instagram profile cleared, it seemed perfectly plausible that he had also been hacked. According to fans, many saw that Baekhyun had liked IU‘s post about her recent concert, The Golden Hour, leading them to click on his profile only to find it empty.

인스타 게시물 (instagram posts) is on trending now after Baekhyun liked IU post, then when fans clicked on his profile, fans realised that all his posts are disappeared now ㅠㅠㅠㅠ pic.twitter.com/Lez7qaIS1L

— 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝑩 (@NTH_2705) September 21, 2022

SM Entertainment was contacted by fans and media alike, all hoping to find out what was happening. The company soon put out a statement clarifying that Baekhyun had not actually been hacked. Rather, he had cleared his feed himself because he wants to reorganize it ahead of his military discharge!

SM Entertainment clarified that the sudden disappearance of Baekhyun's Instagram posts was not due to an account hack.

"For planning and composition of a new (Instagram) feed after his military discharge, the posts were personally deleted by Baekhyun."#BAEKHYUN @B_hundred_Hyun pic.twitter.com/VEpxWQzFgT

— 백현 (@qtpiebyunbaek) September 21, 2022

As soon as this was cleared up, EXO-Ls began to find it hilarious that Baekhyun’s attempt to reorganize his feed would warrant so much attention.

not the news outlets calling sm entertainment to ask what’s happening to baekhyun’s instagram account, only to find out that baekhyun just wants to rebrand his feed ㅋㅋㅋ

— 🌸 사랑둥이 귀염둥이 세훈이 🌸 (@milkteus) September 21, 2022

It certainly proves he will always be the main character!

not baekhyun receiving phone calls and reaching news channel bc he deleted his ig posts…his impact

— . (@uppfront) September 21, 2022

While many fans are concerned about the permanent loss of his images…

i just hope baekhyun didn’t actually delete his instagram posts and put them in archive because all those memorable memories stored in his account since 2014 are precious to keep… 😢😢

— 🌸 사랑둥이 귀염둥이 세훈이 🌸 (@milkteus) September 21, 2022

…it’s still possible that he may have simply archived them. After all, it’s several years’ worth of memories!

PS. I believe SM used an umbrella term of "delete" to explain the disappearance of the posts but it could also be that Baekhyun chose to archive his posts.

There is a function on Instagram that allows for mass archiving of posts so that could explain how it was done quickly.

— 백현 (@qtpiebyunbaek) September 21, 2022

In any case, EXO-Ls can be easy knowing Baekhyun has big plans for the future.

Baekhyun himself confirmed this in a recent Twitter update. He hilariously explained that he had felt the “sudden strong desire” to redecorate his feed. According to him, fans can look forward to his feed’s new look next year!