Saturday, 6 June, 2026
The Polite Heist: How Hackers Just Asked Meta’s AI to Hand Over Instagram Accounts
By TechShots Studio
Yes. Attackers exploited Meta’s automated AI support chatbot to hijack prominent Instagram accounts, including the dormant Obama White House page and Sephora. Instead of writing complex code, hackers used simple conversational prompts, instructing the chatbot to link a new email address to their target's username. The AI complied without verifying account ownership, sent a verification code to the hackers, and facilitated a password reset. Meta has since patched the flaw.
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