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Instagram says it fixed the issue that sent password reset emails

Instagram says it fixed the issue that sent password reset emails

The company claims there was no breach of its systems.

The company claims there was no breach of its systems.

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Terrence O'Brien
is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget.

If you’re one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other day, the company says it fixed the issue. What was the issue? Unclear. We reached out to Meta for clarification and have yet to receive a response. All we know is that an “external party” triggered the emails, and Instagram says you can safely ignore them.

The company posted on X that the issue had been fixed and also claimed there was no breach of its systems. This seemingly contradicts reports from Malwarebytes, which said that information on 17.5 million Instagram accounts, including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, was available on the dark web

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