Facebook is hacked and that means that every account you attached to Facebook is potentially hacked as well. All you bank accounts, paypal, myspace (if you still have one of those), twitter and on and on. Be aware that it is spreading like wildfire in my tiny network of 1500 Facebook friends. Since have been unable to access facebook for over 5 days I don't know the depth of the damage, but a small silver lining is I'm actually talking to my friends on the phone instead of non-emotional "fb" messages across the web.
It feels like a war being fought in another world. I don't know if my friends (or at least their accounts) are still alive. Are they infected? Are they blocked? Are they wondering where I am? From what I've heard, I am MIA on facebook. A causualty of an attack from some person in the Philippines. I traced the IP address and it showed up as Manila, Philippines as the access point where my account was assasinated.
They did this to advertise to my friends (Nike shoes no less!) or get them click and infect themselves. I watched as it happened and there was nothing I could do. Simply try to call a few of them and say don't click it! But in most cases it was too late. They were corrupted, infected and then the virus/attack spread to all their friends.
The only reason I'm writing about this is that Facebook is strangely silent on this issue. I have had no access for days, I have written Facebook and I get no real response outside of the warning that if I write to them repeatedly on this issue that is a violation of the terms of service. Thanks for the support Facebook. You entice us into interconnecting ALL of our accounts and then when there is a problem you warn us not to write too often if there is a problem? I also would like to mention that I have changed my password at least 14 times in 5 days, and STILL they gain access. I even attached my cell phone as a verification point, STILL they gain access. Then all went dark and I was given this message:
That was four days ago. Nothing has changed since then. I can change the password, stand on my head, change my secret codes and still, I have no access.
This particular hack started in 2010 and has recurred for the last three years consistently. Why is Facebook unable to secure its networks when it had three years of experience?
So I wonder, is Facebook a safe investment? If a person or small group can destroy my Facebook experience in a few days, what could it do to the entire network? And what does that do to the value of Facebook? Spread the word, there is a war going on behind the scenes. And I sadly expect the hackers to ultimately win as they are always seem to be ahead of the curve.
It feels like a war being fought in another world. I don't know if my friends (or at least their accounts) are still alive. Are they infected? Are they blocked? Are they wondering where I am? From what I've heard, I am MIA on facebook. A causualty of an attack from some person in the Philippines. I traced the IP address and it showed up as Manila, Philippines as the access point where my account was assasinated.
They did this to advertise to my friends (Nike shoes no less!) or get them click and infect themselves. I watched as it happened and there was nothing I could do. Simply try to call a few of them and say don't click it! But in most cases it was too late. They were corrupted, infected and then the virus/attack spread to all their friends.
The only reason I'm writing about this is that Facebook is strangely silent on this issue. I have had no access for days, I have written Facebook and I get no real response outside of the warning that if I write to them repeatedly on this issue that is a violation of the terms of service. Thanks for the support Facebook. You entice us into interconnecting ALL of our accounts and then when there is a problem you warn us not to write too often if there is a problem? I also would like to mention that I have changed my password at least 14 times in 5 days, and STILL they gain access. I even attached my cell phone as a verification point, STILL they gain access. Then all went dark and I was given this message:
That was four days ago. Nothing has changed since then. I can change the password, stand on my head, change my secret codes and still, I have no access.
This particular hack started in 2010 and has recurred for the last three years consistently. Why is Facebook unable to secure its networks when it had three years of experience?
So I wonder, is Facebook a safe investment? If a person or small group can destroy my Facebook experience in a few days, what could it do to the entire network? And what does that do to the value of Facebook? Spread the word, there is a war going on behind the scenes. And I sadly expect the hackers to ultimately win as they are always seem to be ahead of the curve.
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