Facebook: Error exposes Instagram users’ email addresses and dates of birth

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Facebook: Error exposes Instagram users' email addresses and dates of birth

A researcher has won $ 13,125 for revealing an error that made Instagram users’ email addresses and birth dates visible through the Facebook Business Suite. This is Saugat Pokharel, a Nepal-based researcher who discovered the bug, which reveals the email addresses and dates of birth of Instagram users, in October during the analysis of the Facebook Business Suite interface introduced by the social media giant in September. So, he informed Facebook directly about his finding and the technology giant corrected the error within a few hours.

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