“The tool itself worked properly and functioned as intended; however due to a bug in a separate code path, the system did not properly verify that the email address provided by the individual requesting a password reset matched the email address associated with that user’s Instagram account,” said Meta in its breach notice.

Then the tool didn’t work properly nor did it function as intended.

The rest of that blubbering stream of excuses sounds like a toddler arguing why they deserve ice cream.