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Instagram Accidentally Exposed Some Users' Passwords In Plaintext

Parties InvolvedInstagram,
Severity
Medium
Disclosed PubliclyNovember 16, 2018
Initial Discoveryn/a
Leaked Informationpasswords
Attack VectorData Breach
Tags
November 18, 2018
Instagram has recently patched a security issue in its website that might have accidentally exposed some of its users' passwords in plain text.https://thehackernews.com/2018/11/instagram-password-hack.html?m=1&utm_campaign=Security%2BNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Security_Newsletter_co_104