I have a 3 letter instagram name and the amount of spam and attacks I get is insane... I get hundreds of password reset emails from instagram daily and constant DMs and follow requests from scammer and bot accounts.
I've tried contacting instagram about it several times but they never respond. Had to blackhole emails from security@mail.instagram.com to prevent my mail server filling up.
[0]: https://simon.medium.com/mobile-twitter-hacked-please-help-2...
https://twitter.com/settings/security
Turn on "password reset protect" and it will require "either the phone number or email address associated with your account in order to reset your password". I'm not sure it adds a ton of security, but it definitely cuts down on the password reset emails.
I've noticed that the reset attempts seem to come in waves. I haven't charted it, but sometimes I'll get somewhere between 20-30 reset attempts in 24 hours, and at other times, I won't get any reset attempts for a full week or so. The whole thing is very bizarre.
I don't share my daily email with websites but for whatever reason I used it with this Instagram account. It's the only spam I get at this point. 20 email resets per day!! It can't be hard to fix that
The moment you create something that can be used to upload any type of content, some people will exploit it.
Tech companies seem to invest far less into customer service, make it impossible to get on the phone with someone, resolve issues in a sane way, etc.