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Hackers tricked Meta AI into letting them take over high-profile accounts

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Hackers managed to trick Meta’s AI-powered support bot into allowing them to take over a number of Instagram accounts, including some high-profile ones. This included accounts belonging to the White House, US Space Force, and security researcher Jane Wong. On a more positive note, the social network is experimenting with a way of blocking teenage users from repeated exposure to content likely to impact their mental health … In one of those “you can’t make it up” moments, hackers managed to fool Meta’s AI support chatbot into allowing them to conduct password resets on other people’s Instagram accounts. The attack method was childishly simple.…

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