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Hackers exploited Meta's AI-powered Instagram support chatbot to take over high-profile accounts — including the Obama White House and U.S. Space Force handles — by simply asking the bot to change the email address on accounts they did not own. The vulnerability, active since late March 2026, exposed fundamental architectural flaws in granting AI systems unsupervised access to identity-affecting account operations.