{"id":618,"date":"2021-04-01T08:04:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T06:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2021-04-01T08:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T06:20:15","slug":"my-fb-account-was-hacked-not-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"My FB account was hacked; Not Linkedin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A fortnight ago, I received a message from an acquaintance saying he believed my Facebook account was hacked.  There’s no compromising information in it, but I had to react quickly to make sure that this wouldn\u2019t have consequences on my contacts.  I changed my password right away and posted a warning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was one of the \u201cwhy me\u201d moments. I should have paid attention to the red flags. Last February, I tried to open the message sent via Messenger by an American writing pal. It looked encrypted\/coded, similar to the one sent by someone pretending to be me. I did tell him that I couldn\u2019t open it, but he didn\u2019t reply. I should have changed my password right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had the\nsame password for many years \u2013 too lazy to change it and thought I was a small,\nnon-attention grabbing fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\nnotice that a message has been sent that you didn’t write, you have been\nhacked. I\u2019ve heard stories of hackers changing people\u2019s email addresses,\npasswords, or birthdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is this unethical and illegal behaviour carried out? 1. Using stored password on FB making life easier in the short-term but a security issue in the long term. 2. The hackers \u201cfish\u201d for your information by creating a Facebook main page\u2019s look-alike and asking you to log in. When you enter your email and password, this information is automatically recorded for future use. \u00a03. A software or virus that records and steals information has been installed in your device, without your knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t leave your device – cell phone, laptop, etc. – unattended, don\u2019t trust public networks, and always log out after using Facebook.\u00a0 These have been my social media principles; yet, I was hacked, which gave me a headache and sleepless night. I felt like someone had stolen something personal and of value from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about Linkedin accounts? Yes, they can be hacked too. Dean Seddon\u2019s 13th<\/sup> January 2020\u2019s article \u201cHow to protect your Linkedin account from being hacked\u201d advises us to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Link our phone to our Linkedin account and turn on two-step verification, as this \u201cwill limit the use of the account and a hacker\u2019s ability to change or access your account from unfamiliar locations. When you log in from a new device or unfamiliar location, Linkedin will send you an SMS with a verification code, limiting the potential use of the hacked account\u201d. You can use this link https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/help\/linkedin\/answer\/544\/turn-two-step-verification-on-and-off?lang=en<\/li>
  2. Not open any PDF project proposal. Session cookies allow hackers to access your account using your current Linkedin session. \u201cThat unexpected Google Drive doc, Dropbox link or PDF which is sent to you from a connection. You\u2019ll get a message like \u2018Hi Dean, I would love you to take a look at this project proposal and give me some costs\u2019\u201d. If you do open this, \u201cyou\u2019ll lose your access and find that your Linkedin account will start messaging people \u2018confidential project proposals\u2019 too\u201d.<\/li>
  3. Have a password that is complicated and not easily guessed.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Better be careful and secure than sorry later.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A fortnight ago, I received a message from an acquaintance saying he believed my Facebook account was hacked.  There’s no compromising information in it, but I had to react quickly to make sure that this wouldn\u2019t have consequences on my contacts.  I changed my password right away and posted a warning. It was one of … Continue reading My FB account was hacked; Not Linkedin<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-political-cultural-economic-issues"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":620,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions\/620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}