Meta A.I. Bug Allowed Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts NYT - Top Stories By: Mike Isaac and Eli Tan 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. © Jason Henry for The New York TimesOf 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.