Instagram is addressing confusion after some users reported receiving unexpected password reset emails in recent days.

Is Instagram facing another coordinated cyberattack? Meta says no, despite reports that a large number of users are receiving emails urging them to reset their account passwords.

We fixed an issue that let an external party request password reset emails for some people. There was no breach of our ...

Instagram released a statement over the weekend denying its systems had been breached, though the company did confirm that ...

If you receive a password reset email, @ohhackno helpfully pointed out that you can check recent emails sent by Instagram in ...

Millions of Instagram users are receiving unexpected password reset emails after over 17 million account details were ...

Cybercriminals stole the sensitive information of 17.5 million Instagram accounts, including usernames, physical addresses, ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. With the introduction of the Netscape browser in late 1994, ordinary ...

Passwords are necessary for almost everything these days – bank accounts, health portals, social media and streaming services. Keeping track of password after password can be as hard as creating new, ...

When it comes to cybersecurity, are we our own worst enemies? This past week showed us that you can patch software—but you can't patch human nature. I've been writing and editing stories for almost ...

One leaked password to a critical account is a tragedy; 1.3 billion may just seem like a statistic. But security expert Troy Hunt's herculean task of combing through a massive roster of stolen logins ...