How To Tell If Your Facebook Has Been Hacked
Because it is a very popular social network, Facebook is also frequently targeted by hackers - or even gossipers - who enter other people's accounts using different methods. Access to your profile also allows other types of activities that can bring about an unnecessary disorder, such as making publications on your behalf or changing characteristics of the profile, such as a photo, or the password itself, for example. With the following tutorial, you will know if your account has been subject to unwanted access and how to protect yourself from malicious people on the platform.
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If you've noticed some strange activity in your account or received a password reset email, know that solving the problem may be easier than it looks and takes only a few minutes. Just follow the step-by-step below to identify the potential intruder and increase the security of your personal profile.
Review the latest hits to your profile
Step 1. Access Facebook and click the arrow on the upper right side;
Home screen of Facebook - click the top arrow to open the options menu.
Step 2. In the options menu, click on "Settings";
Step 3. On the settings screen, click "Security and login".
Step 4. There you will see all devices where there is an active connection.
Click "See More";
Facebook - Security and login screen
Step 5. After clicking "See more" click on "Exit all sessions".
How to find out who it was?
The procedure detailed above will disconnect all active sessions in your profile (even that of the attacker). If there is a cell phone, tablet or computer device (or smart TV and video game) that you do not identify and that you do not use, it is suspected that this is improper access to be blocked.
The resource shows the date and time it was accessed, the device type, the city, and the country. Facebook also reveals which browser was used on the social network by whom it tried to access on its behalf. If you think that it was not you, it is good to remember the last places you connected "going back your steps".
Facebook - click to exit all active sessions
The site does not reveal who made the access. However, with the above information, you can get an idea of what is happening. A plugin that you've given access to? A virus that could be on your profile? A login that was active on a public computer? Investigate the options calmly.
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Enhance your profile security
Step 1. After disconnecting all active sessions, it is recommended to increase the security of your account. You have the guidance of Facebook.
To get started, go to the link: www.facebook.com/hacked
Step-by-step home screen to increase security on Facebook
Step 2. By clicking "Get started" Facebook will automatically scan your account to identify possible points where security can (and should) be optimized;
Facebook performs automatic user account verification
Step 3. Facebook will return with some identified points;
Facebook screen with initial security check diagnosis
Step 4. You should set a new password
(know how to choose a strong password);
Facebook - screen to set a new password
Step 5. Click "Next" to review recent activity.
If you find something you do not want to see - that is, some post that the attacker or an unauthorized application did on your behalf - select the corresponding box and click "delete."
Recent activity selection Facebook screen
Step 6. In the last step, you will choose whether or not to receive an alert whenever a login is made to your account. Such behavior can be changed later in Facebook settings;
Last step of Facebook's security validation.
Repeat the procedure periodically
Your Facebook account is now more secure. To further increase security, it is recommended to repeat the above procedure with a certain frequency, to ensure that the information is always up to date and secure and to check the last accesses to the profile. Also use two-step authentication, which ensures even more security for your account.
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