Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts
TL;DR
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.
Nauti's Take
On the upside: Meta says it has already patched the flaw, showing such AI weaknesses are fixable — and that public pressure works. What stays troubling is that even high-profile accounts like @obamawhitehouse were hijacked, underlining how much damage poorly secured support bots can do.
Anyone on Instagram should enable 2FA and not treat the chatbot as a security gatekeeper.
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