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   BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 03:17:51 JST BrianKrebs

   New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. Space Force, got hacked and defaced with pro-Iran messaging in the past 24h after people figured out that Meta's AI support assistant could be tricked into resetting account passwords.

   From the story:

   "A video released on Telegram by pro-Iran hackers claimed to document a remarkably simple exploit that appears to have involved using a VPN connection with an IP address that is in or near the target's usual hometown, requesting a password reset for the account, and then choosing to chat with Meta's AI support assistant. From there, the video shows the attacker told the bot to link the account in question to a new email address, after which the bot dutifully sent that address a one-time code that allowed a password reset."

   https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-support-bot-to-seize-instagram-accounts/

   #meta #instagram #hack #ai #security

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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jun-2026 14:54:54 JST snacks

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     @briankrebs they let the bot do WHAT