My Facebook Was Hacked – And Yours Could Be Too

Eight months ago, hackers got into my Facebook account, even with a lot of security measures in place and ran weird ads for a few hours. I’ve been locked out since.

I got access back three days ago.

Here’s what happened and what I think everyone with a Facebook platform should do so they don’t end up in my situation… or if you do, you will be able to go into your Plan B easier than I did!

Some articles about Facebook’s security issues:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-employees-security-guards-fired-for-hijacking-user-accounts-11668697213

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/meta-fires-employees-contractors-improperly-accessing-users-accounts-oops-1234632358/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_concerns_with_Facebook#:~:text=other%20Facebook%20apps.-,Scraping%20of%20contact%20information,hacking%20forum%20in%20April%2C%202021.

Useful Reddit Communities:
https://www.reddit.com/r/facebook/ (not official)

https://www.reddit.com/r/facebookdisabledme/

Some people have had luck getting their accounts back by contacting their state’s attorney general:

https://www.reddit.com/r/facebookdisabledme/comments/we3p89/if_your_account_is_disabled_and_you_live_in_the/

Look up ‘meta verified reviews’ in your favorite search engine to see what other people think about paying for account verification… I don’t think much of it but in some situations if might be worth it. I thought this article was pretty balanced: https://buffer.com/resources/meta-verified-review-instagram/