Am I missing something? The source they shared is a screenshot of a password res...

zwog · 2026-01-11T21:14:05 1768166045

You don't even need the email address. The account name is enough to start the password request.

salgorithm · 2026-01-11T16:33:05 1768149185

I have a masked email* for Instagram and have received two password reset requests in the last five days. Obviously, this is just an anecdote.

* https://support.1password.com/fastmail/

netsharc · 2026-01-11T17:51:02 1768153862

So what if you have masked emails...

Whoever it is, they just entered your Instagram username in the "To recover your password, enter your username, and we'll email you a reset link" field...