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Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts

KrebsOnSecurity·38d·Reputable

The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta's "AI support assistant" bot into resetting account passwords.

Categories general-tech · cybersecurity · government-security · data-protection
Original source / advisory
Published
6/1/2026, 5:32:50 PM
Fetched
7/10/2026, 3:19:33 AM
Trust
reputable · 80/100
Language
en