Instagram accounts leaked through API scraping. Meta denies breach, but your data is on the dark web. Here's what actually happened.

A massive treasure trove of Instagram user data has just bubbled back up to the surface, and it’s putting millions of accounts back in the crosshairs more than a year after the original leak was ...

As of January 11, 2026, a major Instagram data leak has exposed personal details of approximately 17.5 million users. The leak was first reported by cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes. A hacker known as ...