Instagram co-founder and chief technology officer Mike Krieger detailed a since-fixed bug in a blog post late last week.
According to Krieger, the bug enabled its creators to access “a low percentage” of Instagram users’ email addresses and phone numbers, even when that information was not publicly available.
Krieger stressed that no passwords were compromised and no other Instagram activity was revealed to the bug’s creators, writing, “We quickly fixed the bug and have been working with law enforcement on the matter.
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