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Private contact data of millions of Instagram influencers exposed publicly
FirstpostAn unsecured database containing the private contact information of as many as 50 million Instagram influencers, including those of celebrities and official brand accounts, has been found online by a security researcher this week. TechCrunch traced the database to a Mumbai-based social media marketing company, Chtrbox, that pays influencers to post their clients’ Further digging revealed that the database contained publicly available information found on Instagram, such as names, pictures and the phone number of followers, but it also had details on the accounts that aren’t made public by Instagram, like phone numbers and email addresses used to set up the account. The database also contains information about the “worth” of Instagram influencers, calculated by Chtrbox taking into account the number of followers, total shares, favourites, and other metrics. This data would then help the social media marketing company gauge how much to pay to have the influencer push their clients’ Further reviewing the database entries, several influencers in the database were contacted at random and asked if the phone numbers and email addresses in the database were theirs.
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