{"slug": "hacking-metas-ai-chatbot", "title": "Hacking Meta’s AI Chatbot", "summary": "Hackers are exploiting Meta’s AI support chatbot to hijack Instagram accounts by tricking the bot into adding a new email address and resetting the password. A video posted on X demonstrated the process, in which a hacker used a VPN to bypass account protections, then convinced the chatbot to send a verification code to the hacker’s own email. The vulnerability allows attackers to take full control of victims’ accounts without their consent.", "body_md": "Hackers are [convincing](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/hackers-hijacked-instagram-accounts-by-tricking-meta-ai-support-chatbot-into-granting-access/) Meta’s AI support chatbot to let them take over other peoples’ accounts:\n\nA\n\n[video]posted on X showed the step-by-step process to hack someone’s Instagram account. The hacker allegedly used a VPN to spoof the targets’ presumed location to avoid triggering Instagram’s automated account protections. Then, the hacker opened a chat with Meta AI Support Assistant and asked the bot to add a new email address to the target’s account. The chatbot can be seen sending a verification code to the email address provided by the hacker; the hacker then shares the verification code with the chatbot, which prompts the chatbot to show a button to “Reset Password.” The hacker enters a new password and takes over the victim’s account...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacking-metas-ai-chatbot", "canonical_source": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/hacking-metas-ai-chatbot.html", "published_at": "2026-06-04 11:04:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-04 11:40:56.265033+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "ai-products", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Meta", "Instagram", "Meta AI Support Assistant"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacking-metas-ai-chatbot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacking-metas-ai-chatbot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacking-metas-ai-chatbot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hacking-metas-ai-chatbot.jsonld"}}