Hackers Steal Data from 17.5 Million Instagram Accounts

According to information from Malwarebytes, the stolen data included usernames, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. Information about this leak was published on the social network X.

As reported by NotebookCheck, the company's specialists link the incident to a hacker known by the nickname Solonik. The data was put up for sale on January 7, 2026, on the BreachForums, which opened access to it for other malicious actors.

Instagram continues to be one of the leading social platforms, with about 2 billion active users monthly and over 500 million daily users.

The article also mentions other serious incidents in the field of cybersecurity. For example, in late December 2022, hackers gained access to part of Spotify's library by downloading and publishing the platform's metadata. As a result, hundreds of millions of data lines and tens of millions of audio files were made publicly available.

According to Spotify, their platform has over 100 million tracks, around 7 million podcasts, and about 350 thousand audiobooks, with a total number of users exceeding 700 million.