<![CDATA[New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S.]]>New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. Space Force, got hacked and defaced with pro-Iran messaging in the past 24h after people figured out that Meta's AI support assistant could be tricked into resetting account passwords.

From the story:

"A video released on Telegram by pro-Iran hackers claimed to document a remarkably simple exploit that appears to have involved using a VPN connection with an IP address that is in or near the target's usual hometown, requesting a password reset for the account, and then choosing to chat with Meta's AI support assistant. From there, the video shows the attacker told the bot to link the account in question to a new email address, after which the bot dutifully sent that address a one-time code that allowed a password reset."

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-support-bot-to-seize-instagram-accounts/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/2d1a1cea-ca32-4587-a1df-514329be84e5/new-by-me-a-number-of-high-profile-and-or-valuable-instagram-accounts-including-those-of-the-obama-white-house-and-the-chief-master-sergeant-for-the-u.s.RSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 10:26:10 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2026 17:40:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:24:58 GMT]]>@martinlentink probably an archive account. Targetting the Obama era account for such a message is especially stupid given Obama's focus on negotiating a deal with Iran for years. @briankrebs

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tyrol.social/users/nitrml/statuses/116676250757096998https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tyrol.social/users/nitrml/statuses/116676250757096998Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:24:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:23:40 GMT]]>@briankrebs@infosec.exchange based]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://novoa.nagoya/notes/amz3q06fn9https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://novoa.nagoya/notes/amz3q06fn9Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:23:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:20:51 GMT]]>@briankrebs So this is the oh-so high praised AI....🤯

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Dennisqr/statuses/116676234534989488https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Dennisqr/statuses/116676234534989488Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:20:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:14:46 GMT]]>@briankrebs Hmm, the "VPN" aspect of this makes me think this isn't entirely an "AI" (note quotes) related story, except in the sense that "Agentic AI" is 95% just workflows offloaded into MCP scripts. On the third hand, a lot of *those* are vibe coded garbage and so the circle is complete.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://byteheaven.net/users/tekhedd/statuses/116676210652792226https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://byteheaven.net/users/tekhedd/statuses/116676210652792226Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:14:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:11:23 GMT]]>@briankrebs This is beyond Stupid

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.mitexleo.one/users/ml/statuses/116676197346782461https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.mitexleo.one/users/ml/statuses/116676197346782461Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:11:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:10:55 GMT]]>@briankrebs

I feel like we have stepped back 30 years in infosec.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/shafik/statuses/116676195485009380https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/shafik/statuses/116676195485009380Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:10:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:08:41 GMT]]>@briankrebs Does the Obama White House still have an Instagram account? It's been a few years...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/martinlentink/statuses/116676186717574401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/martinlentink/statuses/116676186717574401Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:08:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:04:09 GMT]]>@briankrebs At what point does Altman shout “The Aristocrats!” and disappear forever?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bob_zim/statuses/116676168900028080https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bob_zim/statuses/116676168900028080Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:04:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:03:18 GMT]]>@briankrebs on it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://soc.kvet.ch/users/emory/statuses/116676165550189691https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://soc.kvet.ch/users/emory/statuses/116676165550189691Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:03:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:58:14 GMT]]>@briankrebs Okay thats it. This is beyond stupid. I'm in disbelief on how a company, even Meta, can do something so incredibly stupid.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://darmstadt.social/users/stormii/statuses/116676145589495586https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://darmstadt.social/users/stormii/statuses/116676145589495586Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:58:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:53:09 GMT]]>@briankrebs File under: "Live by the sword, die by the sword."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/c_merriweather/statuses/116676125617662618https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/c_merriweather/statuses/116676125617662618Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:53:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:49:57 GMT]]>@briankrebs It is April 1st, is it?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://orthographieanarchist.de/users/kobold/statuses/01KT24X0138SVPF78MJSKDEYEAhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://orthographieanarchist.de/users/kobold/statuses/01KT24X0138SVPF78MJSKDEYEAMon, 01 Jun 2026 17:49:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:45:57 GMT]]>@briankrebs "voni sou AI, pane vachmaister!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dodo1095zd/statuses/116676097310573811https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dodo1095zd/statuses/116676097310573811Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:45:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:44:51 GMT]]>@briankrebs

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/varx/statuses/116676092978963951https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/varx/statuses/116676092978963951Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:44:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:44:44 GMT]]>@briankrebs There's a huge "LOL" bubbling up inside of me

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/115654890729722471/statuses/116676092548135919https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/115654890729722471/statuses/116676092548135919Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:44:44 GMT