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Meta confirms thousands of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot (opens in new tab)

Covers 5 stories including Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It WorkedCovered by 8 sources including pxlnv.com, TechdirtDiscussed on Hacker News

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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

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Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access

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Meta layoffs starting this week stress harsh AI reality inside Zuckerberg’s company

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Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks

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Meta Lays Off 700 Employees, While Rewarding Top Executives

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Meta Says A.I.-assisted Account Hijackings Began in April

Meta Admits Its ‘AI’ Helped Hackers Compromise 20,000 Instagram Accounts

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Instagram AI chatbot breach may have affected over to 20,000 accounts, Meta discloses

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Meta says Instagram AI recovery flaw hit 20,225 accounts

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2026 06 08 HackerNews

Meta* признала и исправила проблему, из-за которой любой мог завладеть чужим аккаунтом в Instagram