Hackers Exploit Meta's AI Support Bot to Hijack High-Profile Instagram Accounts
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Summary
Hackers exploited Meta's AI customer support bot on Telegram to reset passwords and briefly deface high-profile Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House and U.S. Space Force accounts, with pro-Iranian content. Instructions for the exploit circulated on Telegram, demonstrating how the AI bot could be tricked into adding an email address to a target's account, enabling password resets.
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· 2 pulledOn May 31, word began to spread on several Telegram instant message channels that Meta's AI bot would happily add an e
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
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