Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
2026-06-08T07:23:34Z•8e09a2a71e3b961b88831ace6e57e76317747097477c85747a976b42e0331526
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What happened
Multiple high-impact security incidents and law-enforcement actions were reported: attackers manipulated Meta’s AI support assistant to social-engineer Instagram password resets and briefly deface high-profile accounts; a CISA contractor publicly exposed AWS GovCloud keys and extensive internal secrets on GitHub, triggering congressional inquiries and active containment efforts; the Canvas education platform suffered a data-extortion attack threatening data from ~275 million users; Dutch authorities seized ~800 servers and arrested two hosting co-owners for facilitating Russian cyberoperations
Why it matters
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- 2026-06-08T07:23:34Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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