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Instagram breach: 6,215,150 accounts exposed

In January 2026, data allegedly scraped via an Instagram API was posted to a popular hacking forum . The dataset contained 17M rows of public Instagram information, including usernames, display names, account IDs, and in some cases, geolocation data. Of these records, 6.

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What happened

In January 2026, data allegedly scraped via an Instagram API was posted to a popular hacking forum . The dataset contained 17M rows of public Instagram information, including usernames, display names, account IDs, and in some cases, geolocation data. Of these records, 6.2M included an associated email address, and some also contained a phone number.

The scraped data appears to be unrelated to password reset requests initiated on the platform , despite coinciding in timeframe. There is no evidence that passwords or other sensitive data were compromised.

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    Have I Been Pwned: Instagram (opens a new tab)

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, January 11). Instagram breach: 6,215,150 accounts exposed. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-instagram

MLA

"Instagram breach: 6,215,150 accounts exposed." KEVWire, 11 Jan. 2026, kevwire.com/record/hibp-instagram.

Chicago

KEVWire. "Instagram breach: 6,215,150 accounts exposed." Last modified January 11, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-instagram.

Evidence summary (plain text)

Instagram breach: 6,215,150 accounts exposed (Jan 11, 2026).
In January 2026, data allegedly scraped via an Instagram API was posted to a popular hacking forum . The dataset contained 17M rows of public Instagram information, including usernames, display names, account IDs, and in some cases, geolocation data. Of these records, 6.2M included an associated email address, and some also contained a phone number. The scraped data appears to be unrelated to password reset requests initiated on the platform , despite coinciding in timeframe. There is no evidence that passwords or other sensitive data were compromised.
Sources:
Have I Been Pwned: Instagram: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Instagram
Have I Been Pwned breach API: https://haveibeenpwned.com/api/v3/breaches
Record ID: hibp-instagram.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Oct 27, 2026, 04:25 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

Verified by Have I Been Pwned. Breach date: 2026-01-07; loaded 2026-01-11. Exposed data: Display names, Email addresses, Geographic locations, Phone numbers, Usernames. Counts are accounts in the loaded data, not necessarily distinct people.

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