Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
2026-06-03T19:23:30Z•f637fd4d7c19b2d91c88148996e5d6040bc0a6ad38994377f263d5a2ebba80d7
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity coverage (Apr–Jun 2026) highlights multiple high-impact incidents: attackers exploited Meta’s AI support assistant to hijack Instagram accounts (including high-profile government accounts); a CISA contractor publicly leaked AWS GovCloud credentials and internal build/deploy artifacts on GitHub, prompting congressional inquiries; a widespread Canvas data-extortion incident threatened data on ~275 million students and faculty; Dutch authorities seized ~800 servers and arrested hosting co-owners tied to Russian-linked cyber operations; law enforcement arrested the alleged Kimwolf/
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