A major cybersecurity scare has put Instagram, one of the world’s largest social networks, under intense scrutiny after millions of users globally reported unexpected password reset emails, fueling fears of a large-scale data breach. While evidence of leaked account data has surfaced, Instagram’s parent company Meta insists that its systems were not compromised and that…
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