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Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts

lowkrebsPublished 2026-06-01

<p>The <strong>Instagram</strong> accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta&#8217;s &#8220;AI support assistant&#8221; bot into resetting account passwords.</p> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="a

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Original source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-support-bot-to-seize-instagram-accounts/