Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
2026-06-02T13:23:36Z•9462dba876c762a23ccaa360016b88afaad403f1bd73beedd1204c8df58c7be9
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What happened
Multiple high-impact incidents reported: attackers abused Meta’s AI support assistant to social-engineer password resets and briefly seize high-profile Instagram accounts (including Obama White House and a Space Force official). A CISA contractor publicly exposed highly privileged AWS GovCloud credentials and internal build/deploy secrets on GitHub, prompting congressional inquiries and an active breach containment effort. Dutch authorities seized ~800 servers and arrested operators of hosting companies tied to Russia-linked cyberattack and influence infrastructure. Law enforcement arrested an
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