Have you also received a mail from Instagram asking you to reset your password without requesting it? If the answer is yes then you are not the only such user. For the last few days, users all over the world have been receiving such mails in which there is a notification to reset the password. Due to this, it was speculated that there was some incident of data leak of Instagram users. Now Instagram has given its clarification on this. Let us know why these emails were coming and what Instagram has to say on this.
Why were mails coming even without requesting?
Explaining the reason for this, Instagram said that it was a technical issue, due to which an outside party was triggering the password reset request. The company assured users that its internal system was not breached and user accounts are safe. Instagram said in its statement that this issue has been fixed and your Instagram accounts are completely safe. You can ignore emails containing password reset requests.
Users were assuming the incident of data leak.
In the last few days, thousands of users around the world have received such emails. Initially many users thought that it could be a hacking attempt or data leak. Many users also said that this could be a phishing campaign in which scammers are trying to steal data. This incident also happened at a time when a report revealed that information of Instagram users was being circulated on underground forums. This increased people’s confidence in the possibility of data leakage.
Shocking information was revealed in the report
According to Malware Byte, cyber criminals have stolen sensitive information of about 1.7 crore Instagram accounts like username, physical address, phone number, email address etc. and now it is being used for fake emails and messages.
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