Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks

Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts.

Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access

Several users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta’s own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts.

CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks

Cybercriminals used the Glassworm botnet to infect open source software projects with malware, and in turn hack the developers and companies that use that software.

Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs

First VPN promised hackers complete anonymity for their cyberattacks. But Europol said it was able to notify the service’s users that they have now been identified.

OpenAI says hackers stole some data after latest code security issue

OpenAI said the damage was limited to the employees’ devices, and did not affect user data nor its production systems, and none of its intellectual property was stolen.

Ransomware hackers claim breach at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for Apple, Google, and Nvidia

A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for hacking the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, and is attempting to extort the company.

Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack

The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Instructure again, defacing the login pages of several Instructure customer schools with an extortion message.

Hackers hack victims hacked by other hackers

An unknown group of hackers is breaking into systems previously breached by the cybercrime group TeamPCP. Once inside, the hackers immediately kick out TeamPCP and remove its hacking tools from the victims’ systems.

Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure

The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students’ private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.

Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack

A group of hacktivists have claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack, which has affected several Ubuntu and Canonical websites, and prevented users from updating the Linux-based operating system.