Facebook is investigating a report that claims the private contact data for millions of the influencers, brands, and celebrities who use the company’s Instagram subsidiary has been exposed online.
That news comes via TechCrunch, which recounted in a post on Monday that an unprotected database hosted by Amazon Web Services included private emails and phone numbers for millions of high-profile Instagram users. In all, more than 49 million records were reportedly contained in the database.
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Private contact data of millions of Instagram users was reportedly exposed originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 20 May 2019 at 16:24:52 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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