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Hackers Conned a Chatbot to Hijack 20,000 Instagram Accounts

CNET · Jun 9, 2026, 12:59 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

Meta has since fixed the exploit, but it's yet another example of AI doing it worse than humans.

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