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90% off Ray-Bans? It’s a 100% Instagram SCAM!
2019-06-18 11:05

The ads look like they're been shared by friends, but they're really pod people who've hijacked accounts.

Instagram Shows Kids' Contact Details in Plain Sight
2019-06-14 13:33

Sharing Email Address, Phone Numbers May Be Risky, Experts SayTens of thousands of minors on Instagram expose their email addresses and phone numbers, which child-safety and privacy experts say is...

Instagram Bans Social Media Company After Data Exposure
2019-05-24 14:18

Leak Contained Public Data From Instagram and Other SourcesInstagram has revoked the access of an Indian social media marketing company after personal details of some of its users ended up in an...

Instagram Says Not Source of Contact Info for Influential Users
2019-05-24 01:52

Instagram on Thursday said it was not the source of private contact information for millions of influential users of the service recently found in an unguarded online database. read more

Cache of 49 million Instagram records found online
2019-05-22 11:12

A security researcher has discovered a massive cache of data on millions of Instagram influencers, publicly accessible for everyone to see.

Database May Have Exposed Instagram Data for 49 Million
2019-05-21 13:48

Email Addresses, Phone Numbers Potentially ExposedThere's been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram, but it's not clear yet whether the data on 49 million users...

Database May Have Exposed Instagram Personal Data
2019-05-21 12:18

Email Addresses, Phone Numbers for 49 Million People Potentially ExposedThere's been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram, but it's not clear yet whether the data...

Cybercriminals targeting social media: Facebook and Instagram are becoming phishers’ favorites
2019-05-03 05:15

Social media phishing, primarily Facebook and Instagram, saw the highest quarter- over-quarter growth of any industry with a 74.7 percent increase, according to the Vade Secure Phishers’ Favorites...

Facebook: we logged 100x more Instagram plaintext passwords than we thought
2019-04-19 14:58

Facebook has updated 'tens of thousands of plaintext Instagram passwords ended up in logfile' to say it was more like a million.

Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users' Passwords in Plaintext
2019-04-18 19:33

Facebook late last month revealed that the social media company mistakenly stored passwords for "hundreds of millions" of Facebook users in plaintext, including "tens of thousands" passwords of...