Hacker Newsroom for 02 June: Instagram Support Exploit, Malicious Npm Packages, Gemma On Old Xeon, Pirate Bay At 20
Published: June 2, 2026
Duration: 5:10
Hacker Newsroom for 02 June recaps major Hacker News stories, moving through instagram support exploit, malicious npm packages, gemma on old xeon, pirate bay at 20.
1. Instagram Support Exploit
The next story is about an Instagram account takeover flow that a security researcher calls almost comically broken. The article says attackers only needed a target username, a region-matching VPN, and Meta's support AI to redirect verification codes to a brand new email address, with reports that even the selfie check was easy to fool.
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