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Meta Discloses Instagram AI Chatbot Breach Affected Over 20,000 Accounts

Meta Discloses Instagram AI Chatbot Breach Affected Over 20,000 Accounts

Meta has put a number on the security breach in its AI support chatbot for Instagram for the first time: at least 20,225 accounts were compromised. For nearly seven weeks, the system sent password reset links to arbitrary email addresses without verifying they belonged to the account.

The chatbot had previously been marketed as a win for account security.