Corporate,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jun. 13, 2019
Instagram data leak adds to Facebook’s privacy woes
A massive database containing information from more than 49 million Instagram accounts has been discovered online. The cache, which contained information from a variety of influential and popular Instagram accounts, was traced back to Chtrbox, a social media-focused marketing company.





Scott S. Satkin
Associate
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
Email: scott.satkin@ndlf.com
Scott practices primarily in Business Litigation and Privacy and Data Security.
A massive database containing information from more than 49 million Instagram accounts has been discovered online. The cache, which contained information from a variety of influential and popular Instagram accounts, was traced back to Chtrbox, a social media-focused marketing company. The database has since been removed, but it previously contained both public information, such as users’ profile pictures and number of followers, and also private contact information su...
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