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Hackers Exploit Instagram AI Chatbot to Access User Accounts
Hackers successfully tricked Instagram's AI chatbot into granting them access to other users' accounts.
2 Jun, 11:40 — 2 Jun, 17:57
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Hackers trick Instagram AI chatbot into giving access to other users' accounts
Some reports have linked the incident to recent cases of high-profile Instagram accounts being hijacked.
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They tricked Meta's chatbot to hack into Instagram accounts. It's a warning about how much we trust AI.
Instagram accounts were taken over by hackers. Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images Scores of Instagram users said their accounts were hacked over the weekend. The attack stemmed from a flaw in Meta's AI-powered account recovery system. One cybersecurity expert likened Meta's AI assistant to "an inexperienced employee." Hackers say they tricked Meta's AI chatbot into giving them access to other people's Instagram accounts — and all they had to do was ask. Over the weekend, people said ...
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First report: BBC · 2 Jun, 11:40|Full coverage: 2 · 6h|Window: 6h
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