--- title: Sofia Vergara Warns Followers Her Instagram Was Hacked description: The 'Modern Family' star warned her followers via Twitter that her Instagram account has been hacked and not to "answer those idiots." canonical: https://time.com/5347104/sofia-vergara-hacked/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-24T15:05:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:00.688Z og:title: Sofia Vergara Warns Followers Her Instagram Was Hacked og:description: The 'Modern Family' star says her Instagram has been hacked og:url: https://time.com/5347104/sofia-vergara-hacked/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sofia Vergara Warns Followers Her Instagram Was Hacked twitter:description: The 'Modern Family' star says her Instagram has been hacked twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sofia Vergara Warns Followers Her Instagram Was Hacked  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 24, 2018 3:05 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 24, 2018 3:05 PM UTC _Modern Family_ actor [Sofia Vergara](http://time.com/4650846/sofia-vergara-stereotype-modern-family/) has a message for her [Instagram](http://time.com/5346347/ryan-lochte-instagram-doping-violating/) followers: her account has been [hacked](http://time.com/4922700/instagram-security-breach-verified-users/). On Tuesday morning, Vergara took to Twitter to let fans know now to “answer those idiots.” “Don’t send them any info,” she wrote. “We r after them \[sic\].” Vergara has 14.5 million followers on Instagram, and [posted vacation photos](https://www.instagram.com/sofiavergara/) with her sitcom co-star [Jesse Tyler Ferguson](http://time.com/3937839/modern-familys-jesse-tyler-ferguson-scotus-ruling/) and his husband Justin Mikita recently, as well as with her husband, fellow actor [Joe Manganiello](http://time.com/4484268/joe-manganiello-deathstroke-ben-affleck-batman/). She looked to be having a great time — up until this latest incident. At least one scam-style post advertising a free giveaway on her Instagram was posted as of Tuesday morning, but was since been removed. Fans should be wary when the tone or style of a celebrity’s postings switches up — and especially when free giveaways are on offer that don’t have to do with the celebrity’s work directly. > [](https://twitter.com/SofiaVergara/status/1021758630796976128) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5347104/sofia-vergara-hacked/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5347104/sofia-vergara-hacked/"},"headline":"Sofia Vergara Warns Followers Her Instagram Was Hacked","datePublished":"2018-07-24T15:05:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:00.688Z","description":"\"Don't answer those idiots.\"","url":"https://time.com/5347104/sofia-vergara-hacked/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5347104/sofia-vergara-hacked/","name":"Sofia Vergara Warns Followers Her Instagram Was Hacked"}}]}] ```