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    Facebook expands its Data Abuse Bounty program to Instagram

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    Edgar Alvarez
    Edgar Alvarez
    08.19.2019

    Facebook will start rewarding security researchers who report data abuse happening on Instagram, the company has announced. This is an expansion of Facebook's Data Abuse Bounty program, which it introduced in April 2018. As part of these efforts, Facebook will now start accepting reports about third-party apps that improperly access and store user data, including applications and services that offer fake likes, comments and followers. Essentially, any app that asks for people's login information (like usernames and passwords) is violating Instagram's terms of use -- and Facebook wants the security community to notify it of anyone who may be taking advantage of this.