--- title: "Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access" url: https://daily.dev/posts/hackers-hijacked-instagram-accounts-by-tricking-meta-ai-support-chatbot-into-granting-access-uu7nyxays source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/hackers-hijacked-instagram-accounts-by-tricking-meta-ai-support-chatbot-into-granting-access type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-06-01T18:35:58.137Z updated: 2026-06-03T16:17:08.790Z tags: ["security", "instagram"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A security flaw in Meta's AI-powered support chatbot allowed hackers to hijack Instagram accounts without needing access to the victim's legitimate email. Attackers used a VPN to spoof location, then tricked the Meta AI Support Assistant into adding a new email address and issuing a password reset code to that attacker-controlled address. Notable victims included the Obama-era White House Instagram account and a U.S. Space Force official. Instagram confirmed the issue was resolved on Monday, though the total number of affected accounts remains unknown. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#instagram](https://daily.dev/tags/instagram) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hackers-hijacked-instagram-accounts-by-tricking-meta-ai-support-chatbot-into-granting-access-uu7nyxays)