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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Vishwam Sankaran

Hackers trick Meta’s own AI into revealing passwords of popular Instagram accounts

Hackers claim to have tricked Meta’s AI chatbot to gain access to several popular Instagram accounts.

A number of high-profile Instagram accounts have been compromised in the past few days, including the former White House account from the Obama administration, which still has over 2.4 million followers, the account belonging to the Chief Master Sergeant of the US Space Force, and beauty brand Sephora’s account.

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