Instagram Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 17.5 Million Users
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Summary
A data breach at Instagram exposed sensitive personal information of 17.5 million users, including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. The data is reportedly available for sale on the dark web and may be responsible for users receiving password reset requests. The breach was discovered by cybersecurity company Malwarebytes during routine dark web scans.
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· 4 pulledthere was a data breach revealing the 'sensitive information' of 17.5 million Instagram users
the leak included Instagram usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and more
the 'data is available for sale on the dark web and can be abused by cybercriminals'
Malwarebytes noted in an email to its customers that it discovered the breach during its routine dark web scan
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