Facebook Hack Check

Just how to examine if your Facebook account was hacked - Facebook introduced Friday that cyberpunks had accessed personal details from regarding 29 countless its users' accounts. It belonged to a bigger protection breach of 50 million accounts the business disclosed concerning 2 weeks earlier.

The hackers accessed names, e-mail addresses or phone numbers from the 29 million accounts, according to the Associated Press.

Fortunately, there is a method to check if your account was among those hacked. Below's just how to do it:

Click on the security notice. You may see an advisory titled “Update on Security Incident” at the top of your News Feed when you log in.
Scroll down, and Facebook will tell you whether your account had been compromised.
If your account was accessed, Facebook will list what information the hackers obtained. Not everyone had the same information stolen.

Listed below the notification concerning what info was hacked, Facebook excuses the protection breach.

“While we don’t know if the attackers will use any of the information they accessed, it appears the information may allow them or other third parties to use it to create and spread spam on and off Facebook. We’re actively working with law enforcement as we continue to investigate,” the post reads.

Additionally, Facebook advises people to be careful of undesirable phone calls, sms message as well as e-mails. It also prompted users to keep an eye out for phishing efforts.

If you are having trouble seeing the protection notification, it can be watched here. Be sure to be logged in to your account to see whether your account was endangered.