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Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts

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BLUF

Social media AI support tools are being weaponized to bypass security controls and hijack verified accounts.

NEWS

High-profile targets including the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force had their Instagram accounts defaced with pro-Iranian content over the weekend. Attackers utilized guides circulating on Telegram to manipulate Meta's AI support assistant into initiating unauthorized password resets.

Why I Care

This undermines trust in automated security recovery systems and exposes high-value targets to reputation damage and misinformation campaigns. Any organization relying on AI-driven support for account management faces similar risks of social engineering exploitation.

Next Steps

Security teams should audit AI support authentication flows immediately to prevent unauthorized resets. High-value accounts must enforce hardware-based multi-factor authentication, and platform providers need to patch AI prompt injection vulnerabilities within 72 hours.

The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta's "AI support assistant" bot into resetting account passwords.
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Source: Krebs on Security ·

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