Instagram data from 14 million profiles found in insecure database, researcher says

Minimalist · Feb 8, 2019

Information about more than 14 million Instagram accounts is being kept in an insecure database that could render users vulnerable to hackers, a security researcher told CyberScoop Friday.
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https://www.cyberscoop.com/instagram-insecure-database-14-million-profiles-researcher-says/

Rasheed187 · Feb 9, 2019

Seriously, Cyberscoop is a horribly designed website, just look at how slow the homepage is. And can someone tell them to disable the stupid tool-tip that's always visible?

guest · May 20, 2019

Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed
May 20, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/20/instagram-influencer-celebrity-accounts-scraped/

A massive database containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online.

The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services, was left exposed and without a password allowing anyone to look inside. At the time of writing, the database had over 49 million records — but was growing by the hour.
TechCrunch found several high-profile influencers in the exposed database, including prominent food bloggers, celebrities and other social media influencers.

We traced the database back to Mumbai-based social media marketing firm Chtrbox, which pays influencers to post sponsored content on their accounts.
Shortly after we reached out, Chtrbox pulled the database offline. Pranay Swarup, the company’s founder and chief executive, did not respond to a request for comment and several questions, including how the company obtained private Instagram account email addresses and phone numbers.
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guest · May 24, 2019

Instagram Bans Social Media Company After Data Exposure
May 24, 2019
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/instagram-bans-social-media-company-after-data-exposure-a-12518

Instagram has revoked the access of an Indian social media marketing company following an investigation into how the personal details of some of its users ended up in an unprotected database online.

Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, says that a deeper investigation shows that the number of affected users - first reported at 49 million - is inaccurate, and that the data which was exposed had already been set as public by Instagram users.
Instagram says: "We found no evidence of a vulnerability that would have allowed private contact information to be obtained, scraped or otherwise from Instagram."

Chtrbox said the database was only exposed for 72 hours. However, Sen says it was indexed by the Shodan search engine on May 14, which made the exposure period longer than three days.
Nonetheless, Chtrbox's scraping of public information from profiles violates Instagram's platform policies, hence the ban.
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guest · Jun 6, 2019

Russian watchdog asks Instagram to explain reported data leak
June 6, 2019
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/russ...-to-explain-reported-data-leak-20190606-00693

Russia's state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has formally asked Instagram to explain reports of a big data leak on the social network last month, RIA news agency cited the watchdog's head Alexander Zharov as saying on Thursday.

"We've sent a request, we've had nothing back yet," Zharov was quoted as saying.
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