Security News > 2017 > September > Hackers stole contact info of 6 million Instagram users and are selling it online (Help Net Security)

Last week, Instagram pushed out a patch for a bug in the service’s API that allowed attackers to discover users’ email address and/or phone number. Facebook-owned Instagram downplayed the risk by saying that attackers have used it to extract contact information of “a number” of high-profile Instagram users, and that no passwords were compromised. The attack process Kaspersky Lab researchers, who found the flaw and shared information about it with Instagram, said that while the … More →

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