Over the weekend, a run of high-value Instagram accounts - including brand accounts and a former White House page - were hijacked and resold within minutes. According to reports from those affected and footage posted by the attackers themselves, Meta’s own AI Support Assistant may have changed account recovery emails without verifying ownership, allowing hackers to reset passwords and take full control.
In this episode, Charly covers:
How the Instagram account hijackings allegedly occurred via Meta’s AI Support Assistant Why your email address is the nucleus of your entire online identity What a full account takeover really means - content loss, linked payment details, and ID theft risk
Why strong security hygiene may not be enough when the platform itself allegedly has a gap
What to do now: back up what you own, platform by platform, and build your email list
If your account is on a platform, plan for what happens if access is taken from you.
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