Instagram, one of the largest social networks on the planet, confirmed last night that its servers were compromised by hackers. Those from Instagram claim that only the accounts of some celebrities were hacked by hackers, a few days ago Selena Gomez remained without access to the account after a group of hackers gained access to it and started publishing inappropriate posts.
Instagram claims that the hack revealed to the hackers the email addresses of the users, as well as the phone numbers associated with the accounts, but not their passwords. The company Instagram claims that the hack is based on the exploitation of a bug in its public API, but did not provide details on what helped the hackers to see this information that should not normally be accessible to them their.
Instagram confirms the hacking of some accounts by hackers
Instagram recognized this hack because it is possible that other accounts were compromised without them saying, the company asking users to be very careful. She states that if they receive unknown messages, calls, or emails, it is good to change the passwords for Instagram accounts and possibly the phone numbers or email addresses used to secure the accounts.
Instagram claims that only the accounts of some views were compromised, and these were announced, but the reality is that we cannot know exactly what happened. It is certain that Instagram had its servers exploited by hackers and this matters the most, because the security of users was compromised for the first time and this says a lot about the ability of hackers to break anything.
"We recently discovered that one or more individuals obtained unlawful access to a number of high-profile Instagram users' contact information - specifically email address and phone number - by exploiting a bug in an Instagram API. Our main concern is for the safety and security of our community. As always, we encourage people to be vigilant about the security of their account and exercise caution if they encounter any suspicious activity such as unrecognized incoming calls, texts and emails."
