Facebook Had a Bug That Exposed Instagram Users' Personal Email ID and Birthday, Researcher Claims
4 years ago

Facebook Had a Bug That Exposed Instagram Users' Personal Email ID and Birthday, Researcher Claims

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Facebook-owned Instagram was hit by a bug that reportedly revealed users’ private information such as email ID and birthday. According to The Verge citing security researcher Saugat Pokharel, the bug was exploitable by Facebook business accounts that were given access to an experimental feature that Instagram was testing. The report adds that bad actors, in this case, could leverage the Facebook Business Suite tool that is available to business accounts, to view information such as date of birth and email address. The report further notes that if a Facebook business account was linked to Instagram and was included in the test group, attackers could view additional information about a person alongside any direct message via due to the bug on Business Suite tool. “A researcher reported an issue where, if someone was a part of a small test we ran in October for business accounts, personal information of the person they were messaging could have been revealed.

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