Hackers took over prominent Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House page, by simply asking Meta's AI support chatbot to change the email address on file. Two-factor authentication was bypassed entirely. Meta has patched the flaw, but security researchers say another exploit is already circulating on Telegram.
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