OyaYansa Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 Instagram is the social network of fashion, the fastest growing and also the one that generates more interest in criminals. A few days ago we learned that an error in its application allowed access to the phone number and the mail of hundreds of celebrities. What we did not know until now is that there are approximately six million Instagram accounts that have been hacked. Data for many of them are for sale for only $ 10 per consultation. Apparently, the information on these Instagram accounts that is available is email and phone number, the same as in the case of celebrities. Anyone can buy the data, even if we refrain from sharing the link to that website. The information on sale has been analyzed by Ars Technica and the portal specialized in security Have I been pwned? in which you can check if your password is available on some website of digital data smuggling. Both portals have confirmed that it is true and that most of the profiles exposed contain mail and telephone. The identity of these users is unknown, although apparently it would be accounts of different countries of the world. Spain would be one of them, especially considering the po[CENSORED]rity of this social network in our country. At the moment Facebook has not pronounced on the hacker attack on Instagram, a problem that would actually be due to an error of the social network's own API, that is, attributable to the company. In this way millions of accounts would have been exposed, which entails in terms of theft of personal and bank data. Whether or not you have stolen your profile, it is advisable to change the password of your email right now. In any case, it is a process that you should carry out periodically. If you also activate the so-called 2-step verification, much better. Here's how to do it in Google Accounts.
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