[Hidden-tech] FB Breach

[Anita Lockesmith]

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On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:47 PM Ron Blechner <rtblechner at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> Mik
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>> On 12/16/2021 9:37 AM, Anita Lockesmith via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>>
>> 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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