Instagram tries to save its customer data
With the photo sharing platform, Instagram, confessed that some hackers had exploited a bug on Instagram to sneak out account information of several “High-Profiled” users. Few days after the confession, a hacker group by the name - ‘’ Doxagram" claimed responsibility for the hack and offered details of the stolen accounts for mere $10 per lookup. The service was being offered on an underground internet market.
Recently, the hackers created a website that had, on sale, the emails and phone numbers of 6 million customers of Instagram including Christanio Ronaldo, Jennifer Lopez, Drake as well as personal information of the gen-pop. The goal behind this act was to force the hackers onto a site that will be difficult for buyers to find out or to force “Doxagram” entirely offline.
However, all these efforts made by Instagram might be of no use since it is nearly impossible for them to buy each single domain and even if they did hackers have already moved to the dark web where there can easily create and manage their website. The owners of Doxagram claimed their site made more than $4,100 so far.
Comments from Ankush Johar, Director at HumanFirewall.io, a leading provider of human information security awareness and preparedness solutions.
Even though Instagram has put in efforts to save its customers data from getting leaked, it might not stop the hackers from selling the data online. The hackers can quite easily switch to dark web services and sell all of the customers data just as with the current $10 service. Instagram users must not be assume their information to be safe. The information sold online can be used for phishing campaigns at mass and it is inevitable. Simple tip for users: Think before you click on any link in your email/SMS!”
“Your Email and your Phone number, both can be used to reset & hijack your account. It’s extremely important now to make sure that these are safe. Avoid opening emails from untrusted sources and pay close attention to what permissions you are allowing an application on your smartphone. Use multi-factor authentication to add an extra layer of security to your account. Stay cautious, Stay safe!”
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