Friday, July 26, 2013

Instagram users complain after being struck by mysterious 'smoothie hack'

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Instagram users are taking to Twitter tonight to complain that they have been hacked, with photos of smoothies posted to their accounts without permission. Those affected also say that a strange URL has been placed in their Instagram profile bios. Reports first started surfacing about the issue on Twitter around 11PM ET. Some Instagram users began tweeting that they were locked out of their user profiles after trying to reset their passwords. Others said that photos from the breach disappeared before they had a chance to remove them. In most cases, the added bio URLs remained in place even after the photos were taken down.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/27/4562062/instagram-users-complain-about-hack-smoothie-photos

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