Hackers Continue to Exploit Meta’s AI Agents
Hackers used Meta’s AI assistance bot to reassign account emails, and Instagram is telling affected users to change passwords.
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Profiles linked to the Obama era White House, the cosmetics brand Sephora and the U.S. Space Force were taken by attackers through Meta’s support chatbot. Check Point Software Technologies reveals that there was no sophisticated artificial intelligence trick behind the attack: cybercriminals [...] The post Hacked the White House Instagram accounts and Sephora: Error wasn’t the AI but gave it too much power first appeared on TransMedia.
Technologueid Jakarta The AI-based support assistant feature launched by Meta to make it easier to recover Facebook and Instagram accounts has a security hole,...
India’s cyber resilience push must confront the internal AI agent attack surface
In June 2026, hackers reportedly manipulated Meta's AI-powered support chatbot into resetting account credentials and linking new email addresses to high-profile Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House account. The chatbot was operating within an approved workflow, using legitimate permissions, yet its actions created a serious security breach. The incident became a textbook example of why agentic AI risks are increasingly about auth…
TechCrunch: Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks
TechCrunch: Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks. “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.”
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