IN Chtrbox May 2019 Technical Error (Q16741)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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May 2019
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Theres been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram, but its not clear yet whether the data came directly came from the social media company. Security researcher Anurag Sen found a database online that appeared to contain profile data for 49 million Instagram users, including their email addresses and phone numbers - data that is supposed to be private. Instagram has at least 1 billion active monthly users. Sen brought the database to the attention of TechCrunch, which traced the owner to Mumbai-based Chtrbox, a social media company. The database, which was hosted on Amazon Web Services, was left open without password protection on the internet. Chrtbox has since pulled it offline. (English)
