Instagram

DISCLOSED 2026-01-07 · STOLEN CREDS · 6,215,150 RECORDS EXPOSED

In January 2026, data allegedly scraped via an Instagram API was posted to a popular hacking forum. The dataset contained 17M rows of public Instagram information, including usernames, display names, account IDs, and in some cases, geolocation data. Of these records, 6.2M included an associated email address, and some also contained a phone number. The scraped data appears...

The record

What we know

Disclosed

2026-01-07

Attack vector

Stolen Creds

Records exposed

6,215,150

Domain

instagram.com

Data classes exposed

Display namesEmail addressesGeographic locationsPhone numbersUsernames

Sources

Cited reporting

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