"Database May Have Exposed Instagram Data for 49 Million"

It has been identified, that there has been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram.  There was an online database discovered which contained 49 million Instagram users private information, including their email addresses and phone numbers.  It was discovered during the investigation, that Chrtbox, a social media company, had stored the information onto the database.  Chrtbox is located in India.  The database, which was hosted on Amazon Web Services, was left open without password protection on the internet. Chrtbox has since pulled the database offline.  

BankInfoSecurity reports: "Database May Have Exposed Instagram Data for 49 Million"