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Meta Fixes AI Support Bug After Attackers Used Chatbot to Hijack Instagram Accounts

Meta's AI linked attacker-controlled emails to accounts, sent verification codes to those addresses, enabling account takeovers.

Operator of MB Streams Jailed for Three Years Over Illegal Firestick Premier League Service

Meta Confirms Instagram Support AI Was Abused to Steal Accounts

FTC Begins Enforcement of TAKE IT DOWN Act Requiring 48-Hour Removal of Nonconsensual Intimate Images

FTC Begins Enforcing 48-Hour Takedown Rule for Nonconsensual Intimate Images

Mexico Cyber Units Warn of Job-Offer Scams and Fake World Cup Apps

Paris Opens Judge-Led Probe Into Elon Musk Over X’s Handling of Child Abuse Content

EU Reaches Deal to Ban AI Sex-Deepfake Apps by December 2026

LinkedIn Survey Finds Gen Z Most Exposed to Job Scams as New Safeguards Roll Out

Deepfake Ads Use Émilien’s Likeness to Push Crypto Scams on X

UK Cyber Agency Tells Consumers to Ditch Passwords for Passkeys

France Summons Elon Musk in Criminal Probe of X Over Child-Abuse Images and AI Deepfakes

Germany Unveils Draft Law to Criminalize Sexualized Deepfakes and Strengthen Victims’ Rights

Apple Quietly Threatened to Pull Musk’s Grok From App Store Over Sexual Deepfakes

Apple Removes Two Fraudulent App Store Apps After $9.5 Million Crypto Theft and Data Harvesting

Simone Thomalla Regains Instagram Account After Hack and Ransom Demands

Brazil’s ‘Cellphone Kidnapping’ Scam Exposed in Live Test as Losses Mount

QR-Code Traffic Ticket Text Scam Spreads With $6.99 Payment Hook

Hesse Launches Deepfake Police Hub as Germany Confronts Digital Violence Gap

PTI Chief Gohar Khan Reports WhatsApp Hack Used for Money Requests