• •Researchers identified a vulnerability where Meta’s AI support chatbot could be manipulated to bypass account verification processes.
• •TechCrunch and Ars Technica reported that attackers successfully used social engineering prompts to trick the AI into providing restricted account information.
• •Meta has not disclosed the full scale of compromised accounts or confirmed if the specific vulnerability has been entirely neutralized.

Cybercriminals have successfully used Meta’s own AI support chatbot to gain unauthorized access to Instagram accounts, according to reports from TechCrunch and Ars Technica. This discovery highlights a significant security vulnerability in automated systems that manage account-level privileges. However, it remains unclear how many users were affected or if the specific AI prompt injection method has been fully patched by Meta’s engineering teams. Whether platforms can safely automate complex account recovery without exposing similar attack vectors will be a critical point of concern for future AI integration.