Instagram fixes password reset bug as alleged leak of 17 million accounts circulates online

News12 Jan 2026

Instagram has fixed a software flaw that allowed outside actors to trigger large volumes of password reset emails, as unverified claims circulated online that personal data tied to more than 17 million accounts had been scraped and released.

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