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Meta's AI Support Bot Granted Hackers Direct Account Takeover Access
Meta wired its AI support chatbot with the ability to complete account recovery in a single request, allowing attackers to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking the bot to link a new email address.
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SourceSimon Willison
Meta's AI support chatbot was configured to execute account recovery operations with minimal verification, a critical flaw that attackers exploited to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts. According to reporting verified by multiple sources, hackers needed only to ask the bot to link a new email a...
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