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HACKED FACEBOOK ACCOUNT – WHAT TO DO IF YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS HACKED





When someone gains unauthorized access to your account, it's called hacking. When your account gets into the wrong hands, it can turn bad pretty fast. 
HACKED FACEBOOK ACCOUNT


They can post offensive contents, defraud your friends, and if timely care is not taken, they will change your email address and phone number; locking you out completely from that account while imposing your identity.

One of the best ways to keep your Facebook account protected is to change your password once you notice suspicious activities on your account.

You Facebook account can be hacked easily if you're doing any of the following:
o   Using a weak password.
o   Logging into your account from a public place and forgetting to sign out.
o   Clicking 'Remember my password' during login when you're not using a personal browser or even when you are.

Sometimes, you do everything right but your account still gets hacked. Just be alert and tackle this issue once noticed.

Early Signs Of Hacking

Once your account start making changes you never authorized which could be any of the following, know that it's been hacked:
o   Personal information update: your birthday, email, phone number, etc. get updated
o   Strange friend addition: you start to see new friends in your friend list you did not send a friend request to.
o   People gets the message you did not send: when someone close to you tells you that you sent a strange message to them. You need to see the message and confirm if it was you.
o   People see posts you did not share: when people start to see post they dont expect you to share

What to Do If Your  Facebook Account Is Hacked

You need to first find out if you can still access your account or if you are locked out of the account. 

If you can still access the account. All you have to do is to change your account password immediately. But if you are locked out of your account here are some quick steps you should take:

o   Log on to Facebook Account Compromise Page which is http://www.facebook.com/hacked/ Click on the My Account Is Compromised link. This will take you to Identify Account Page.
o   Type in either one of these; email address, mobile phone number, a Facebook name which could be your name and one of your friend's names. Complete the process to report your account as hacked.

o   Once youve regained access to your account, go to your Account Settings page and reset your password.

Other the reason, why you may be seeing those signs mentioned earlier, maybe as a result of the rogue behavior of some applications connected to your Facebook account. Here is how to check the apps that can access your account.

o   Log in to your account page, click the down arrow beside the question mark icon and select Settings from the drop down menu
o   Select Apps option in the Account Settings column at the left-hand side the screen
o   Sort through the app, you want to remove and remove them by hovering your mouse on the app name, then click the X beside the app name. A confirmation page pops up, click Remove and the app is removed.

Finally, to help protect your account, try enabling some Facebook login authentication features and whenever you are making a choice of password, choose a strong one for better protection.

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