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Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts

The Verge Tech·44d·Media

Meta's AI support chatbot helped hackers hijack Instagram accounts, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a video shared on Telegram, a hacker shows how they could take over an account by asking Meta's chatbot to switch the email associated with someone else's profile and then reset the password. The issue, which Meta says has since been patched, cropped up around the same time Barack Obama's White House account on Instagram was hacked. On Sunday, users noticed that the @obamawhitehouse account b

Categories cybercrime · regulation · unknown-it-category-16
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Published
6/1/2026, 7:20:47 PM
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6/2/2026, 12:19:35 PM
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