• Instagram confirmed a massive wave of password reset emails was due to malicious abuse of a legitimate feature but denied any breach of its systems. • Security experts reported the leak of 6.2 million users' email addresses and other account information.
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Security Experts See Coincidental Timing After Leak of Scraped Instagram User Data Instagram said a massive wave of password reset emails sent to its users traced to malicious abuse of a legitimate feature, but didn't result from any breach of its systems. Separately, security experts said a threat actor leaked 6.2 million users' email addresses, among other account information.