Instagram Password Reset Emails: Technical Glitch, Not a Hack, Company Confirms

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Instagram Password Reset Emails: Technical Glitch, Not a Hack, Company Confirms
- •Instagram users globally received unsolicited password reset emails, causing widespread concern.
- •The company clarified that the emails were due to a technical issue, not a security breach or hack.
- •An external party triggered password reset requests because of a technical flaw, which has since been fixed.
- •Instagram confirmed its internal systems were not breached and user accounts remain secure.
- •Users can safely ignore the unsolicited password reset emails.
Why It Matters: Unsolicited Instagram password reset emails were a technical glitch, not a security breach; accounts are safe.
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