How your Facebook account was hacked?
Some
people might be wondering how their Facebook account was hacked with all the
security measure that Facebook has put in place to secure it from being
hacked. I would be listing 4 ways hackers got to hacked your Facebook account.
Ways hacker hacked your Facebook account
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ignorance and free things like Data, free airtime, Canada visa link and other
unbeatable offers are one of the factors that let gullible people lost their
account, most of the times hackers would create phishing links and spread it on
social media mostly on WhatsApp where they start forwarding it from one
individual to another, writing a misleading description like click and win free
‘’Canada visa’’ or ‘’get 24gig worth of data’’ once you click these links and it connects to the internet without your
knowledge it sends your Facebook ID and password to the hacker allowing them to
have full access to your account. The best advice when you see such link just
ignore them.
Using a public computer:
This is another way your account can be hijacked. When you use a public computer
to access the internet and you forgot to logout and also clear the history, an
unknown person can just log in and change your data. That is why it is advisable
to always use the Incognito mode to browse when using a public computer to
access the internet. Incognito mode is available on all browser be it Chrome,
Firefox, Opera and so on.
Using a modded version of the Facebook app:
We
all love customization and extra effect on our social media app and this has
made most of us dump the native Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other social
media original application and go for the modded version, but what we don’t
know is that most of these apps have hidden code embedded in them to sniff out
our data’s and send it to the creator of the modded application, this is one of
the reason why WhatsApp tried to stop its users from using modded version of
WhatsApp not only that once you install these apps you have indirectly given it permission to your phone records and
personal credentials. So I would advise you to always download the original
version especially if you are using your social media accounts for business
purpose.
Spam e-mails: most people don’t know why email service
provider like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hot Mail and others have created the spam
section. Spam section is meant for untrusted emails send from untrusted servers
and individual it is now left for you to verify the mail if it from a trusted
client or individual. So if you receive an email that says ‘’your Facebook
password has been reset” the first thing you need to do is check the senders
address, once you checked it and it is not related to Facebook just ignore it
or better still log in to your Facebook account directly and check the
activities.
How to protect your Facebook account?
To
be on a safer side link your Facebook account to your mobile number so when
there is an illegal activity going on in your account you can be notified if your
data is down, you can easily receive sms notification and take the necessary
steps and also make your mobile number hidden
When
logging in from a public or a friend smartphone or computer make sure you make
use of the incognito mode in case you forgot to clear the history it
automatically clear it once you close the tab and the app.
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