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Instagram Data Breach Reports Prove You Should Skip Facebook’s Crypto

Adding to the laundry list of Facebook's data breaches, Instagram has reportedly leaked the contact information of 49 million (and growing) users. | Source: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Adding to the laundry list of Facebook's data breaches, Instagram has reportedly leaked the contact information of 49 million (and growing) users. | Source: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

By CCN: Another day, another Facebook data leak affecting millions of dubious users. This time around, security researcher Anurag Sen discovered a public Amazon Web Services (AWS) database containing the contact information of more than 49 million Instagram accounts, TechCrunch reports. For those out of the loop, Facebook is the monopolistic owner of Instagram and most other things social media.

Details of the Instagram Data Leak

The exposed database includes public information from Instagram accounts such as the number of followers, likes, and shares of a particular user. More concerning, though, is the inclusion of email addresses and phone numbers of numerous account owners – information that Instagram allegedly keeps private.

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Chtrbox, a social media marketing firm, owns the database. As part of the data, the company calculated a net worth for each account using public information and presumably reached out with offers through the suspiciously obtained contact information.

Facebook has had little to say on the matter, telling TechCrunch:

“We’re looking into the issue to understand if the data described – including email and phone numbers – was from Instagram or from other sources.”

46 0 Days Since Facebook’s Last Privacy Accident

This latest Instagram snafu further proves that Facebook either doesn’t care or doesn’t know how to secure user privacy. Just last month, security firm UpGaurd revealed that you could find hundreds of millions of private Facebook user records through public third-party databases on Amazon. Sound familiar?

Read the full story on CCN.com.