A prominent victim of the Instagram hacks blamed ‘gullible AI bots.’ Here’s what happened.

Several users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta's own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts.

Hackers were able to hijack and sell Instagram accounts by tricking the social media platform’s AI chatbot, Meta told Metro. Meta AI is a digital assistant integrated into Instagram as well as other ...