Data scraping firm leaks 235m Instagram, TikTok, YouTube user records

From hackread.com

Data scraping firm leakes 235m Instagram, TikTok YouTube user records

According to researchers, the trove of data was left for public access without any security authentication.

While we do as much as we can to protect our personal information, more often than not, a lot of it is still out in the open thanks to social media networks. This has led many agencies and individuals in the past to scrape this information in bulk using it for marketing purposes despite the fact that it is illegal.

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