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Meta's AI Support Bot Is Giving Hackers Access to Other People's Instagram Accounts Just by Asking - Futurism

The AI support chatbot changed the email address associated with Instagram accounts, granting hackers access.

Date it happened
2026-03-01
Organisation involved
Meta
Product, system or model
Meta AI support assistant
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