Over the weekend, several Instagram users received unsolicited password-reset requests, sparking speculation that the social networking site may have been hacked.
The company has now clarified that the unwarranted requests have been blocked, and said that while they were triggered by “an external party,” none of its systems were hacked.
“We fixed an issue that let an external party request password reset emails for some people. There was no breach of our systems and your Instagram…

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