{"slug": "metas-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts", "title": "Meta’s AI Support Agent Used by Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts", "summary": "Hackers exploited a flaw in Meta’s AI-powered customer support chatbot to take over Instagram accounts by adding a new email address through the bot. The exploit, described as \"remarkably simple,\" allowed attackers to gain full control of any targeted account. The vulnerability raises serious concerns about the security of AI-driven support systems on major social media platforms.", "body_md": "[fria](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/fria)\n1\nAn [exploit](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-support-bot-to-seize-instagram-accounts/) described as “remarkably simple” allows anyone to add a new email address to any Instagram account using Meta’s AI chat bot, allowing full account takeover.\n\nThis is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/06/04/metas-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts/](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/06/04/metas-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metas-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/meta-s-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts/38351#post_1", "published_at": "2026-06-04 20:48:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-05 04:06:17.555712+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-agents", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Meta", "Instagram", "KrebsOnSecurity", "Privacy Guides"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metas-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metas-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metas-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/metas-ai-support-agent-used-by-hackers-to-take-over-instagram-accounts.jsonld"}}