Security Failure in Meta's Support AI Brings Affected Instagram Accounts to 34,000
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The number of Instagram accounts affected by the security gap in Meta's AI support already affects 34,000 accounts. At first, a total of 20,000 profiles were listed, and now, according to internal documents accessed by The New York Times, it has become known that the number of accounts has risen by the same bug on an independent code path.As was announced in early June, a vulnerability in Meta's password recovery system allowed us to take advant…
Dark News is a weekly summary of cybersecurity, privacy and hacking news. Topics are produced and selected by Juan Brodersen according to these editing criteria. Dark News enters a holiday break and returns on July 10thSubscribe now5~12jun-TL;DRMalware, account theft and a new ShinyHunters victim that impacts on a supply chain of at least 100 organizations. We don't have (almost) AI-related topics in the selection of topics. Long ago it didn't h…
Read the original note in the following link: Meta fixes AI failure that allowed you to steal Instagram accounts and adds layer verification for critical actions Meta has fixed and resolved a security failure in its AI support assistant that allowed hackers to steal high-value Instagram accounts by manipulating the chatbot to change the associated email address without verifying identity or multifactor authentication. The problem was confirmed b…
Last March, a group of cybercriminals discovered a vulnerability in a Meta customer service tool, with which anyone could use an artificial intelligence chatbot and reset Instagram passwords. This gap, according to a report by The New York Times, affected 34,000 accounts on the social network, including that of former US president Barack Obama, as well as an official of the Trump administration. TechCrunch and 404 Media detailed that the attack …
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