Dang! Someone tried to hack my NEW Facebook account!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (218926)
Walnut Creek, California
February 23, 2022 9:38am CST
It really IS the Wild Wild West out there.
I got a notice from Facebook that someone tried to log into my new account from some Southern state.
I was able to change my password and maintain my account this time.
My old account is still hacked and it seems there's nothing I can do about it.
Have you been hacked?
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19 responses
@FourWalls (68100)
• United States
23 Feb 22
No, I haven’t been hacked, but I have been spoofed (where they copy your cover and profile photos and create an account claiming to be you). I’ve always told my friends to ask a Louvin Brothers question if they get a “friend request” from me after already being my friend.
I’m spending less and less time on Facebook. If it weren’t for my interest in watching live coverage of severe weather I’d ditch it all together. (Most TV stations will simulcast their live coverage on FB, which makes it easy to find and view.)
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@FourWalls (68100)
• United States
24 Feb 22
@TheHorse — the way they’re acting, it’ll soon be the AOL of the 21st century.
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
23 Feb 22
I haven't been hacked but I keep getting friend request from people that are already my friends. I no long accept friend request unless I talk to them in person and ask if they sent one.
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
23 Feb 22
@TheHorse Yea, I'm afraid to accept any of them without talking to them first.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Feb 22
Years ago when I was on AOL I used to get hacked a lot. I would stay up late chatting or some other thing. I'd wake up the next morning with a note from AOL saying I might get my account taken away if I continued. Someone was using my account to write a bunch of fraudulent letters to peope. I would have to send AOL proof I wasn't doing it. It happened several times. AOL wasn't very secure.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Feb 22
@TheHorse .......Yes, indeed. So many options.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Feb 22
@TheHorse Do you remember Yahoo Chat Rooms?
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@Spontaneo (14700)
• United States
23 Feb 22
Funny you should ask... I got hacked twice. I even changed the password twice. I gave up.
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@TheHorse (218926)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 22
@Spontaneo I may give up entirely on Facebook as well.
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@BarBaraPrz (47346)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Feb 22
I don't think so, but that could be why my birthday greetings came late.
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@xander6464 (44250)
• Wapello, Iowa
24 Feb 22
I've been cheated. Been mistreated. I've been put down. I've been pushed 'round.
But I've never been hacked.
I guess I don't get out enough.
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@xander6464 (44250)
• Wapello, Iowa
24 Feb 22
@TheHorse There are rumors but nothing is confirmed yet.
@wolfgirl569 (106397)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Feb 22
I havent been. If I do I will just be done with it.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Feb 22
One time something funny was going on and I found another page for myself and I blocked that page or user however it worked and everything went back to normal again, I also reported to FB
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@LindaOHio (178877)
• United States
24 Feb 22
Oh no! Not already! No, I haven't been hacked. Knock on wood.
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@thedevilinme (4128)
• Northampton, England
23 Feb 22
Its only hacked when you cant log in.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
23 Feb 22
I haven't been hacked but a few friends of mine have.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
23 Feb 22
I have not been hacked, but I know a lot of folks that have been!
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