Description: A phishing campaign has reportedly been impersonating Meta support using a fake chatbot interface to hijack Instagram Business accounts. Victims received emails claiming ad violations and were directed to a fraudulent site mimicking Meta's support. There, a simulated chatbot instructed users to add the attacker’s Authenticator app as a secure login method, enabling account takeover. It remains unclear whether the chatbot used AI or was human-operated via a bot-like interface. See editor's note.
Editor Notes: Some ambiguity in the reporting exists over whether the alleged chatbot interface is an actual chatbot or a human-operated interface mimicking one. In the former case, this would constitute a more clear-cut AI incident. In the latter, it may represent a newer category of AI incident—one in which attackers exploit emerging user expectations around automated systems by mimicking the interaction patterns of AI-driven support tools.
Entités
Voir toutes les entitésAlleged: Unknown generative AI developers developed an AI system deployed by Scammers impersonating Meta support , scammers , Phishers et Fraudsters, which harmed Meta users , Instagram users et Instagram Business users.
Systèmes d'IA présumés impliqués: Unknown chatbot interface et Instagram
Statistiques d'incidents
ID
999
Nombre de rapports
2
Date de l'incident
2025-03-12
Editeurs
Daniel Atherton