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Meta AI Disaster: How Hackers Stole High-Profile Accounts
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- Jun 10, 2026
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Attackers were taking over Instagram accounts by matching a target's region with a VPN, starting a password reset, and simply asking Meta's AI support chatbot to change the account's email...that was the entire attack. It ran in the wild since at least February, compromising thousands of accounts before high-profile victims (a Barack Obama White House account, the Space Force Chief Master Sergeant) made it impossible to ignore. This is a clip from our Surveillance Report news podcast, Watch the complete episode here: https://youtu.be/xEz8mlRYWog š§” SUPPORT TECHLORE ā¢ Become a Techlorian: https://techlore.tech/support/#/portal/signup ā¢ All Support Methods: https://techlore.tech/support/ š MORE FROM TECHLORE ā¢ Homepage & Newsletter: https://techlore.tech/ ā¢ Our Course, Go Incognito: https://techlore.tech/go-incognito-course/ ā¢ Our Recommended Tools: https://tools.techlore.tech/ ā¢ Take Our SPA Quiz: https://quiz.techlore.tech/ ā¢ Learn more on our SPA Wiki: https://wiki.techlore.tech/ ā¢ VPN Finder: https://vpn.techlore.tech/ #meta #instagram #AI ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CBfLQrTek