Instagram data breach
In January 2026, Instagram suffered a data breach that exposed display names, email addresses, geographic locations, phone numbers, and usernames. The breach affected 6,215,150 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan.
- Breach date
- January 7, 2026
- Added to this tracker
- January 11, 2026
- Accounts affected
- 6,215,150
- Company domain
- instagram.com
- Data exposed
- Display names, email addresses, geographic locations, phone numbers, and usernames
Was my information in the Instagram breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Instagram before January 2026, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the Instagram breach, the exposed data was display names, email addresses, geographic locations, phone numbers, and usernames.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Instagram right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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