Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
2026-06-06T01:23:30Z•f3aacf369f55d98f9afcbcb48169ef3ff913c87947107a4318e832b28141d6bc
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What happened
Multiple high-impact cybersecurity incidents reported: attackers abused Meta’s AI support assistant to socially engineer Instagram password resets and briefly seize high-profile accounts; a CISA contractor accidentally published AWS GovCloud credentials and internal build/deploy artifacts on a public GitHub repo, creating a major government data leak; Dutch authorities seized ~800 servers and arrested hosting co-owners for facilitating Russian cyberattacks and influence operations; a widespread Canvas data-extortion incident disrupted schools and threatened data on ~275M students/faculty; law‑
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- 2026-06-06T01:23:30Z
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- Yes
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