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1 breach20K affected in allTechinstagram.com

Attackers tricked Meta AI support assistant into hijacking 20,225 Instagram accountsAI or model exposed emails, location data, phone numbers, dates of birth, messages and credentials and tokens.AI or model20K affectedTechUSUnverifiedJan 11

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data_types2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11["emails","location","phone","dob","messages","other","credentials"]

discovered2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-112026-05

summary2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11Hackers asked Meta's AI-powered support assistant to add attacker email addresses to Instagram accounts and send reset links, taking over accounts without 2FA. Meta said a bug in a separate code path failed to check the email matched the ac

title2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11Attackers tricked Meta AI support assistant into hijacking 20,225 Instagram accounts

source_type2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11press

source_url2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-ai-support-data-breach-affects-20-000-instagram-accounts/

country2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11US

attack2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11ai-model

data_types2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11["emails","location","phone","dob","messages","other"]

records_basis2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11organization

records2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-1120225

summary2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11Meta disclosed that its AI-powered High Touch Support tool failed to check that a password reset email matched the account, letting attackers take over 20,225 Instagram accounts without 2FA starting April 17, 2026. Account content, direct m

title2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11Attackers abused Meta AI support tool to hijack 20,225 Instagram accounts

Added2026-09-25

Instagram, 2026-01-11

Added2026-09-25

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