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Despite Meta's claim that the vulnerability in its AI support chatbot has been patched, the attack vector remains active, allowing bad actors to hijack accounts by simply instructing the bot to link them to controlled email addresses. This incident underscores a critical gap in automated trust systems, where rudimentary social engineering prompts can bypass security protocols without human intervention. For the industry, it highlights the urgent need for stricter guardrails in conversational AI that verify user identity before executing high-privilege actions like password resets.
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Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks

TechCrunch4 min read

Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts.

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. Over the weekend, hackers claimed to be exploiting Meta’s AI support chatbot to take over several high-profile Instagram accounts. At the same time, a large…

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