India, Aug. 3 -- Metro Atlanta inventor Julian Brown, who prompted speculations about his disappearance after an unusual absence from social media, has finally explained what had happened. In a social media post after making headlines for allegedly going missing, Brown explained that his phone had been hacked.

"You see these hackers, they got into my iCloud and they were basically able to remotely watch and view my entire phone. I figured out they were in my phone, kicked them out and they had no more access to my phone, but they still had access to my Instagram somehow," Brown explained in a video.

Brown said that he had to approach Meta for help, and the process took a long time. This led to his delayed return to Instagram.

Brown's v...