{"podcast":{"title":"The 404 Media Podcast","slug":"the-404-media-podcast-6582713","podcast_index_feed_id":6582713,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TBIEA2761282490","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-404-media-podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0093ee4c-0bda-11ef-93ba-e39e76a9922d/image/377741829a069cbcd768a394f5c235f7.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"404 Media","episode_count":198,"summary":"Welcome to the podcast from 404 Media where Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason catch you up on the stories we published this week. 404 Media is a journalist-owned digital media company exploring the way technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds both online and IRL through investigative reporting, smart blogging, and breaking news. At 404 Media you’ll read, and hear, stories you can’t find anywhere else written by journalists who are leading experts on their beats. Subscribe to 404 Media at 404media.co to gain access to an ad-free version of this podcast, as well as a bonus podcast episodes. Subscribers are the bedrock of building a sustainable business for our journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T20:17:02.852713+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-404-media-podcast-6582713"},"episode":{"title":"Hackers Asked Meta AI To Let Them In. It Worked","slug":"hackers-asked-meta-ai-to-let-them-in-it-worked","published_at":"2026-06-03T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-404-media-podcast-6582713/hackers-asked-meta-ai-to-let-them-in-it-worked","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-404-media-podcast-6582713","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/2D5E6/mgln.ai/e/1246/tracking.swap.fm/track/AoSMVIl7piQbthzJoBqJ/traffic.megaphone.fm/TBIEA2022017374.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/2D5E6/mgln.ai/e/1246/tracking.swap.fm/track/AoSMVIl7piQbthzJoBqJ/traffic.megaphone.fm/TBIEA2022017374.mp3","summary":"Go to surfshark.com/404Media to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN, plus there’s a 30-day money-back guarantee—or just use code 404MEDIA at checkout! We start this week with Jason’s story about one of the wildest hacking stories in a while. Hackers simply asked Meta’s AI to change the email address on a target Instagram account, and the chatbot did so. Insane. After the break, Emanuel tells us about Amazon’s internal leaderboard for tracking AI usage and how it was cheated. In the subscribers-only section, we provided an update on our lawsuit against ICE. Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Go to surfshark.com/404Media to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN, plus there’s a 30-day money-back guarantee—or just use code 404MEDIA at checkout! We…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2352,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-404-media-podcast-6582713/episodes/hackers-asked-meta-ai-to-let-them-in-it-worked/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-404-media-podcast-6582713/hackers-asked-meta-ai-to-let-them-in-it-worked.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}