Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

Shared on Bluesky by 15 AI experts (top 5 by trust)

• Meredith Broussard @merbroussard.bsky.social amplified

  Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social

  "The vulnerability is an astounding, high-profile example of the types of risks that companies are putting their users and workers under when they offload important functions to AI." www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

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• Olivia Guest @olivia.science amplified

  Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social

  New: Hackers have been stealing high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI support chatbot to change the email associated with the account they want to steal. Shockingly easy, terrible flaw associated w…

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• D Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social: "The vulnerability is an astounding, high-profile example of the types of risks that companies are putting their users and workers under whe… →
• 4 404 Media @404media.co: The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI. www.404media.co/hackers-simp... →
• B Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social amplified

  404 Media @404media.co

  NEW: Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account.

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