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Meta A.I. Bug Allowed Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts

10 June 2026 at 00:51
The flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over accounts using a bug in the company’s new artificial intelligence software.

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Of the 34,000 accounts, 20,000 were breached, giving hackers access to the account holders’ email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and other personal data.

Anthropic Releases ‘Safe’ Version of Its Mythos A.I. Technology

9 June 2026 at 18:16
Called Claude Fable 5, it is twice as expensive as the company’s previous flagship system.

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Anthropic’s logo at a company event. The start-up’s Mythos artificial intelligence system caused worries about the security of computer networks.

Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says

9 June 2026 at 17:20

Tech company says it ‘caught and disrupted’ NSO Group’s attempts to access accounts in Jordan and Lebanon

A spyware firm has been targeting WhatsApp users with malicious links in contravention of a US court order forbidding it from doing so, Meta has said.

In a post, Meta said WhatsApp had “caught and disrupted spear phishing attempts” by NSO Group, which a spokesperson said targeted a handful of users in Jordan and Lebanon. It had also caught the group creating “test accounts and groups” on WhatsApp.

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