(WXYZ) — Watch out for unsolicited messages about your Facebook account. It could be how scammers hijack your page and lock you out, in order to post heartfelt ...

There are a variety of reasons why you could be locked out of your Facebook account. Such reasons can range from the mundane (forgetting your password) to the worst case scenario (being hacked or ...

Before deleting your Facebook account, back up your data and get new credentials for services where you use Facebook Login It ...

Every now and then, you'll find people posting on the public forums that their Facebook account has been hacked. Since we upload a lot of personal details to our Facebook profiles, such as photographs ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

If you've seen unusual activity on your Facebook account, your account may have been compromised. Either hackers have gotten into your account to access your personal information, or scammers have ...

Over a billion people use Facebook, which means a lot of bad actors are also on the platform trying to exploit users. They use fake accounts, bots, and other tactics to target people, which has led ...

TAKEOVERS. IT IS A BIG DEAL. IT’S AN INVASION OF MY PRIVACY. IT’S AFFECTING MY BUSINESS. IT WAS JUST AFTER 2 A.M. ANGIE CARD GOT A NOTICE FROM FACEBOOK TROOPER JACQUES. AN UNUSUAL LOG IN TO HER ...

It's not always immediately obvious that your Facebook account has been hacked, but there are certain signs. It's one of those heart-sink moments: the suspicion that your Facebook has been hacked.

2025 has been the year of the social media detox as millions of users decide they're done with Facebook, or Meta, entirely. Along with deciding to change social media habits, users have been worried ...

Facebook account cloning is a simple scam – but it’s easy to be fooled by it. A scammer will make a copy of your real account, using your Facebook profile photo and other public information, to trick ...

With the vast number of social media platforms available these days, you may feel the urge to get rid of some of your profiles to make managing your online footprint a more hassle-free endeavor. If ...