The widespread hacking campaign that relied on simply asking Meta AI’s chatbot to take over a victim’s Instagram account appears to have continued even after the company said the issue had been resolved. Meanwhile, the company has been scrambling to secure the targeted accounts and alert victims. …
… General technology Hackers stole high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta AI nicely A staggering security oversight in Meta's AI support chatbot allowed attackers to bypass verification entirely. …
… The owner of the @korn account, who noted that the band never officially claimed the account and is using another one, expressed frustration with Meta’s recovery mechanism, which had put them in a time-wasting loop. “I spent 6 hours trying to get human support, and Meta's support AI gave me 4 broke… …
… Meta’s overreliance on its Meta AI support chatbot and its recent AI-centric layoffs is coming back to bite it. Hackers hijacked several high-profile Instagram profiles by sending simple text prompts to Meta AI that changed the target profile’s associated email address. …
… Attackers were able to convince Meta’s AI support chatbot to replace the email address associated with a target Instagram account. Once the new email was linked, the attackers could request a password reset and gain control of the profile. …
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