[Hidden-tech] FB Breach

[Ron Blechner]

This is pretty common, and it's likely not a breach.

Check the profile of the person who messaged you. You'll likely find this
is a brand-new account.
Scammers will copy-paste a person's name and public profile image, create a
new account, and then message people who are friends with them.

The solution is to report that account as fraudulent.
Likely, there are other people who were messaged. The easiest way is for
the person who's been copied to report the new fake account - FB customer
service is notoriously awful, but they typically pay attention when someone
does the "this person is pretending to be me" fraudulent account reporting.

-Ron

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:43 PM Michael Muller via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> See if she can still log in (ie; the hackers didn't change the password)
> and if so, change the password immediately and view the logs of who was
> contacted to let them know it wasn't her.
>
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> On 12/16/2021 9:37 AM, Anita Lockesmith via Hidden-discuss wrote:
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> Hello HT,
> An elderly friend with an inactive FB page recently 'messaged' me. Except
> I know she would never message me so I called her. She said she did not
> message me so I'm guessing it's a breach. She uses FB as a tool but does
> not post on her page. What should she do if her page has been hacked?
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