AI chatbots are under attack. Just this week, hackers hacked Instagram by tricking Meta's AI support chatbot into handing over access to high-profile accounts. Accounts compromised in the attack included President Barack Obama's White House page, retailer Sephora, and John Bentivegna, the US Space Force chief master sergeant.
A video shared by TechCrunch showed that the hacker allegedly used a VPN to spoof the target's location to avoid Instagram's account protections before opening a chat with the Meta AI Support Assistant and asking it to add a new email address to the target's account – and receiving a verification code to reset the victim's password.
