The Signal 7/27/26 - They asked the chatbot nicely and it handed over the account

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A flaw in Meta's AI support chatbot let attackers reset the password of Instagram accounts. No hacking, just asking. About 20,000 accounts were hijacked. Every account with two-factor authentication turned on was untouched

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