How to make sure the security of your Facebook?

Earlier this month, leaked data was published for more than 533 million Facebook accounts, as the published sensitive data included very personal details of users, such as: full names, user IDs, phone numbers and even email addresses, as the leaked data included the Facebook founder's cell phone number. Same as Mark Zurkberg.

According to security expert (Alon Gal), CEO of digital security company Hudson Rock, this database has been available since last January, when the hacker developed a bot in the Telegram application that allows those who wish to query the leaked data for a small fee, in addition, according to another report. This data was also available in a hacking forum which can be obtained by purchasing forum credits to download.

But all of a sudden, the person who is getting this data is publishing it for free online making it widely available that anyone can access it, and although Facebook mentioned that this data is outdated and reported back in 2019, it fixed it in August of the year Himself.

The risk, however, is that this data may still be usable by exploiting the personal information provided to carry out phishing or impersonation attacks or trick users into obtaining their login credentials on other websites.

Where we find that most of the leaked records contain phone numbers attached to them that may be exploited in more than one way to deceive users, in addition to knowing the email addresses also may encourage hackers to carry out ransom attacks, phishing messages or even advertising messages.

How can you make sure that your Facebook account has not been hacked?

To check if your Facebook account has been hacked or not, you can follow these steps:

• Navigate to this site in your phone or computer's web browser.

• Enter your email address in the box in the middle, then press Enter on your keyboard.

• If your email address that you registered with Facebook is among the leaked addresses, you will receive a warning to change your password and enable second authentication.

• You can also scroll down to see all breaches that may have involved the login details associated with the email address you entered.

Note:

It is best to change the password for your Facebook account directly as a first step, and make sure to choose a strong and unique password that contains several numbers, letters and symbols, and if you cannot remember this password, you can use a password manager app for that.

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