Instagram rescued by Tamil Nadu man from a ‘hacking bug’

Laxman Muthiyah, a Chennai-based security researcher has saved Instagram from a vulnerable “hacking bug” by spotting out flaws in Facebook-owned Instagram. Muthiyah has also won USD 30,000 (Roughly Rs 20,64,390) as part of a bug bounty programme.

On Instagram, the bug allowed hacking any Instagram account without consent permission. Muthiyah discovered that it was possible to take over someone’s Instagram account by triggering a password reset, requesting a recovery code, or quickly trying out possible recovery codes against the account.