Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts

Ars Technica
By Jeremy HsuJun 1, 2026, 4:44 pm109 pts
Meta’s AI support chatbot proved unusually helpful to hackers looking to steal and resell notable Instagram accounts—the hackers simply asking the bot to change the accounts’ associated email addresses while using VPN to mask their true locations. Videos featuring the “shockingly easy” exploit have…

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