Massive Instagram Exploit - Beware of Scammers

Instagram had a major exploit that allowed rare handles to be stolen. The issue reportedly affected a large number of accounts, including high-value usernames that people had held for years.

One of the more notable cases was the Obama White House account, which reportedly got hit as well.



The method has now been patched, but the incident is a reminder that even advanced systems are still vulnerable once a weakness gets exposed.

Avoid buying any rare IG usernames circulating in the market after this exploit, as they may later be revoked.

How attackers steal your account nowadays: -

Credential stuffing
Brute force attack
Just ask Meta AI nicely

thanks for warning will be careful with this kind of stuff

Waiting for AI to giveaway domains

I still remember when blogspot domain was expired and someone grabbed it.