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Your cell phone is a security risk. Ruby's Instagram story shows why

caption: Ruby's phone was hacked because someone wanted her Instagram handle @ruby.
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Ruby's phone was hacked because someone wanted her Instagram handle @ruby.
KUOW Photo/Juan Chiquiza

Ruby had a very special Instagram name. Ruby. Just Ruby. She turned down $65,000 to sell it. Then she got hacked.

Follow the twists and turns of this story by clicking on the audio, and find out why Ruby's story points to the security risk posed by your own your cell phone.

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