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PublishedJune 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts

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Meta's AI support chatbot helped hackers hijack Instagram accounts, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a video shared on Telegram, a hacker shows how they could take over an account by asking Meta's chatbot to switch the email associated with someone else's profile and then reset the password. The
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