{"id":43277,"date":"2017-08-31T07:34:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T07:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43277"},"modified":"2017-08-31T07:46:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T07:46:16","slug":"instagram-hack-celebrity-contact-details-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/instagram-hack-celebrity-contact-details-revealed.html","title":{"rendered":"Instagram hack, Celebrity contact details revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Instagram hack, Celebrity contact details revealed<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Instagram hack, Celebrity contact details revealed:- Instagram has revealed a flaw in its systems revealed &#8220;a number of&#8221; stars&#8217; phone numbers and email addresses to cyber-attackers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Facebook-owned social network has emailed verified members, usually prominent figures, to let them know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It said it believed &#8220;one or more&#8221; attackers had targeted high-profile stars to get their contact information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Instagram said passwords had not been stolen but warned users to watch for suspicious activity on their accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">However, it did not say which accounts had been affected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The security breach was made possible due to a bug in the company&#8217;s own software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Its application programming interface (API) was at fault, it said &#8211; but added that the bug had since been fixed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The company warned its verified users to &#8220;be extra vigilant&#8221; about unexpected phone calls, texts, and emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Instagram has more than 500 million users worldwide, some 300 million of which use it once a day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-41104449<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/instagram-hack-celebrity-contact-details-revealed.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram hack, Celebrity contact details revealed Instagram hack, Celebrity contact details revealed:- Instagram has revealed a flaw in its systems revealed &#8220;a number of&#8221; stars&#8217; phone numbers and email addresses to cyber-attackers. 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