Massive online database left MILLIONS of Instagram influencers' personal information exposed
A researcher found personal data of millions of influencers in a database online
The information was available publicly and scraped from social media accounts
Social media marketing company, Chtrbox appears to be behind the database
Facebook, which owns Instagram, said it is currently reviewing the matter
A security researcher has discovered a massive online database that exposes the personal contact information of nearly 50 million influencers and brands.
According to a report from TechCrunch, researcher Anurag Sen discovered the database contained the personal contact information of 'prominent food bloggers, celebrities and other social media influencers.'
Sen alerted the site to the list's existence in an attempt to find its creator and get it secured, TechCrunch noted.
TechCrunch reports that the information in the database appears to have been scraped from publicly available social media accounts and was traced back to a social media marketing firm Chtrbox based in Mumbai, India.
Chtrbox, which pays influencers to post sponsored content onto their pages, also included information on what a post with each person listed in the database would cost, including their number of followers, likes, and reach.
In some cases, the influencers included in the database said they had never had any involvement with Chtrbox.
The company has since pulled the database offline and has not responded to any request for comment including those sent by Mail Online.
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