Meta's AI Chatbot Just Became a Password-Reset Backdoor for 20,000+ Instagram Accounts

Meta's AI Chatbot Just Became a Password-Reset Backdoor for 20,000+ Instagram Accounts Yesterday, Meta confirmed what security researchers had been warning about for weeks: an "AI-assisted account recovery" bug in its Meta AI chatbot let attackers hijack at least 20,225 Instagram accounts between April 17 and early June 2026. Thirty of those victims are in Maine alone, according to a data breach notice Meta filed with the state's attorney general. This is the first time Meta has put a number...