Instagram admitted that the bug within its application programming interface (API) allowed at least one person to gain access to the private email addresses and phone numbers of high-profile users. An Instagram spokesperson said: “We recently discovered that one or more individuals obtained unlawful access to a number of high-profile Instagram users’ contact information – specifically email address and phone number – by exploiting a bug in an Instagram API. Instagram said that it was contacting all its “verified” account holders, which are mainly celebrities and sportspeople. Hackers posted several nude photos of her ex-boyfriend Bieber, leading to the account being suspended by Instagram. The hacker posted images of a man on a toilet among others and threatened to post nude images of Swift.

Source: The Guardian August 31, 2017 10:07 UTC