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Instagram account profiles leaked online

Data Leak
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Instagram account profiles were scraped and leaked online, exposing data from 17,017,213 records and creating fresh risk of phishing and social engineering. The shared dataset reportedly includes phone numbers, user names, names, physical addresses, email addresses, and Instagram IDs for at least some entries. Meta says there was no new breach and users can ignore unsolicited password reset emails and text codes. The leak does not include passwords, which limits direct credential-compromise risk but not downstream abuse.

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  1. 11.01.2026 21:13 2 articles · 6mo ago

    Instagram data leak claims and Meta denial

    Initial Disclosure

    Claims emerge that data from more than 17 million Instagram accounts was scraped and released on hacking forums, with some shared records including phone numbers, user names, names, physical addresses, email addresses, and Instagram IDs. Meta says there was no breach of its systems, states it is not aware of any API incidents in 2022 or 2024, and says Instagram fixed a bug that allowed external parties to request password reset emails for some users.

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