Facebook announced that 29 million accounts were actually stolen and this is a way to discover
On September 29, 2018, Facebook announced that the world's largest social network was attacked, more than 50 million user accounts were at risk of being leaked, stunned the whole world. After the collaboration with the FBI, Facebook had a new announcement about the investigation.
Specifically, there are 30 million Facebook accounts of users actually hacked token to hackers to log in. Including:
- There are 14 million accounts stolen by hackers and contact information (phone numbers and / or email).
- There are 15 million accounts stolen personal data including account name, contact information, gender, language, religion, marital status, hometown, date of birth .
- 1 million accounts have lost token codes but have not been exposed to personal information.
Thus, up to 29 million Facebook users actually leaked information, but the FBI has not yet investigated the culprit behind the attack.
To know if your account is among the 29 million hacked accounts, users can follow the instructions below:
Login and Facebook and access the help center under the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/help/securitynotice?ref=sec
Under 'Is my Facebook account impacted by this security issue?' There is an answer Yes (Yes) or No (No) to determine if you are a victim. If the answer is Yes, it is possible that you are in the group of people with the hacked account.
In addition, the affected Facebook accounts will see the following notification appear right at the top of NewsFeed.
See more:
- How to permanently delete a Facebook account on a computer
- Instructions on how to hide personal information on Facebook
- How to retrieve a hacked Facebook account
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