Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
2026-06-05T07:23:29Z•539e49470a59a2b90bd667a4a901389a34ba2094cafb4419eb55a02c73390f9f
AI social engineeringAWS GovCloudBlueHammerCISACanvas breachDDoSGitHub leakGoogle ChromeInstagramIoT botnetKimwolfMetaPatch TuesdayRussian cyber operationsScattered Spideraccount takeoveranti-DDoS misusecredential exposuredata leakeducation sectorhosting abuselaw enforcementransom/extortionserver seizurezero-day
What happened
This collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports documents multiple high-impact cyber incidents and law enforcement actions in 2026: attackers manipulated Meta’s AI support assistant to reset Instagram account passwords and briefly deface high-profile accounts; a CISA contractor publicly exposed highly privileged AWS GovCloud keys and internal build/deploy secrets on GitHub; Dutch authorities seized ~800 servers and arrested two operators accused of hosting infrastructure used for Russian cyberattacks and influence ops; the alleged Kimwolf IoT botnet operator was arrested and charged in Canada and U
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