02 June 2026 - 12:21

Category: IT Fail

Meta's AI Is The Best Social Engineer

Meta’s chatbot helpfully handed over Instagram accounts because hackers asked nicely. It seems our automated future is just as gullible as a distracted summer intern.

Meta's AI Is The Best Social Engineer

Source: SecurityWeek

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Severity: High Mood: Ridiculous

Meta has ingeniously taught their AI that politeness is more important than identity verification, leading to high-profile account takeovers. When we entrust the keys to the kingdom to a machine that cannot distinguish between a legitimate user and a persistent threat actor, we deserve the ensuing chaos. Perhaps we could protect our digital assets by not giving chatbots administrative powers, though that would require a level of foresight we clearly lack.

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