There is a reasonably well documented underground economy of bribing Instagram employees to verify accounts (blue checkboxes) [0] and steal sought after usernam

There is a reasonably well documented underground economy of bribing Instagram employees to verify accounts (blue checkboxes) [0] and steal sought after usernames.[1] Amazon employees have been convicted of bribery for taking $ to "leak information about the company’s search and ranking algorithms, as well as share confidential data on third-party sellers they competed with on the marketplace".[2] If this happens at Facebook and Amazon, I can imagine it happening at Google. [0] https://mashable.com/article/instagram-verification-paid-black-market-facebook https://mashable.com/article/instagram-verification-paid-bla... [1] I did not find any citable evidence on the first page of Google, but it's something I've heard from friends that are into influencer stuff. Supported by a quote from [1] "he decided to message someone with an interesting handle (a.k.a. username). That someone said they were able to take over that account because he worked at Instagram." [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/11/former-amazon-employee-sentenced-to-10-months-in-bribery-scheme.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/11/former-amazon-employee-sente...