{"id":216077,"date":"2026-01-11T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/instagram-says-theres-been-no-breach-despite-password-reset-requests-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:26:03","slug":"instagram-says-theres-been-no-breach-despite-password-reset-requests-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/instagram-says-theres-been-no-breach-despite-password-reset-requests-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram says there\u2019s been \u2018no breach\u2019 despite password reset requests | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That seemingly contradicts <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/malwarebytes.com\/post\/3mbywfybiil26\" target=\"_blank\">a Friday Bluesky post<\/a> from antivirus software company Malwarebytes, which shared a screenshot of an email from Instagram informing users of a request to reset their password. The post claimed, \u201cCybercriminals stole the sensitive information of 17.5 million Instagram accounts, including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This data, Malwarebytes added, \u201cis available for sale on the dark web and can be abused by cybercriminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Instagram subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/instagram\/status\/2010202301886238822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2010202301886238822%7Ctwgr%5E710d9075f6af70360daa64a383b88f01c965b381%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fcybersecurity%2Finstagram-says-accounts-are-secure-after-wave-of-suspicious-password-reset-requests-192105188.html\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> (on X, rather than Instagram or Threads) that it had \u201cfixed an issue that let an external party request password reset emails for some people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company did not offer any details about the external party or the specific issue, but its post concluded, \u201cYou can ignore those emails \u2014 sorry for any confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/11\/instagram-says-theres-been-no-breach-despite-password-reset-requests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached. That seemingly contradicts a Friday Bluesky post from antivirus software company Malwarebytes, which shared a screenshot of an email from Instagram informing users of a request to reset their password. The post claimed, \u201cCybercriminals stole the sensitive information of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-216077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}