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1096 Meta’s AI bot helped hackers steal Instagram accounts, and it was worryingly easy to trick

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Rachit Agarwal @ Digital Trends · 06/02/2026 01:48 EDT

Meta’s AI bot helped hackers steal Instagram accounts, and it was worryingly easy to trick

Instagram has patched a serious security flaw that let hackers use Meta's own AI support chatbot to take over accounts without ever needing the victim's password or email.

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