Skip to content
The Nexus
SECURITYJun 8 · 14:31 UTCTHE VERGEEmma Roth

Hackers likely hijacked over 20,000 Instagram accounts with Meta’s AI chatbot

Hackers likely hijacked 20,225 Instagram accounts by exploiting a bug in Meta's AI support chatbot. The vulnerability allowed attackers to reset passwords without two-factor authentication by bypassing email verification during password reset requests.

Nexus surfaces and summarizes. The full story lives at the source.

Mentioned
MetaorganizationInstagramorganizationMaineplaceAI chatbottopicbugtopic
Spot something wrong with this article?Report a problem →
Forward this
Related Signal

Adjacent reporting