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Now, get insured against being hacked on Facebook, Twitter

You may soon insure your Facebook and Twitter accounts against the nuisance of hacking as a UK-based company has launched the country's first social media insurance

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The information privacy company is offering services to specifically protect against reputational damage, account jacking and ID theft, the 'Daily Mail' reported.u00a0
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Hacking of users accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media sites are quite common, where another user logs in and posts derogatory or offensive messages, and can cause huge damage to an individual or business's image.u00a0
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Justin Basini, CEO of the company providing the service, ALLOW, said that insurance "perhaps wouldn't have been needed a few years ago."u00a0
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"That's all changed now. Every internet user faces a certain level of risk that one day a digital criminal will target them or that they will suffer damage to their reputation," Basini said.u00a0
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