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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked (www.404media.co)

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[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 hours ago

They implicitly trusted the AI with no guardrails.

So, Meta released a vulnerability (an incredibly stupid one) and someone took advantage of it to gain access to an account they weren't authorised to access... which is the definition of hacking

this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026

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