Meta confirms thousands of Instagram accounts hijacked via AI chatbot password reset exploit
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Summary
Meta has confirmed that thousands of Instagram accounts were hijacked over several months through abuse of its AI chatbot. Hackers tricked the Meta AI chatbot into resetting passwords on accounts lacking two-factor authentication. The company has begun notifying affected users via data breach notification letters. The bug has since been fixed by Meta.
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· 3 pulledMeta is notifying thousands of people whose Instagram accounts were hijacked during the months-long abuse of the company's AI chatbot, which hackers repeatedly tricked into taking control of a person's account.
In a new data breach notification letter, seen by this week in security, Meta has revealed for the first time how many people had their accounts hijacked as part of the long-running hacking campaign.
Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.
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