Data of Instagram influencers, celebrities leaked, database traced to Mumbai firm
New Delhi: After Facebook, that is battling several data breaches, its photo-sharing service Instagram saw itself in trouble after personal data of millions of celebrities and influencers were allegedly exposed on its platform in a massive database that was traced to Mumbai-based social media marketing firm Chtrbox.
The database contained 49 million records of several high-profile influencers, including prominent food bloggers, celebrities and other social media influencers, TechCrunch reported it first late Monday.
“Each record contained public data, including bio, profile picture, number of followers they have, location and private contact information,” the report claimed.