Home News Forum Articles
  Welcome back Join CF
You are here You are here: Home | Forum | Facebook hack

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most of the discussions, articles and other free features. By joining our Virgin Media community you will have full access to all discussions, be able to view and post threads, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own images/photos, and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please join our community today.


Welcome to Cable Forum
Go Back   Cable Forum > Computers & IT > Internet Discussion

Facebook hack
Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 24-09-2019, 18:06   #1
Itshim
Do I care what you think
 
Itshim's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Cardiff South Wales
Age: 73
Services: V6 ,Virgin L. Phone Broadband.sky go Netflix
Posts: 4,255
Itshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appeal
Itshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appeal
Facebook hack

Facebook was hacked . As was virgins email.All sorted but still seeing attempts to get back on to sites.Any idea how long before they move on ?
__________________
No point in being pessimistic. You know it won`t work.
Itshim is offline   Reply With Quote
Advertisement
Old 24-09-2019, 19:04   #2
pip08456
Sad Doig Fan!
 
pip08456's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Barry South Wales
Age: 67
Services: With VM for BB 250Mb service.(Deal)
Posts: 11,646
pip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny star
pip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny starpip08456 has a nice shiny star
Re: Facebook hack

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Your Facebook account was hacked.

Your Virgin email account was hacked.

All sorted but still seeing attempts by whom to get back on sites?
pip08456 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24-09-2019, 20:14   #3
daveeb
cf.mega poster
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Leeds
Posts: 1,293
daveeb has reached the bronze age
daveeb has reached the bronze agedaveeb has reached the bronze agedaveeb has reached the bronze agedaveeb has reached the bronze agedaveeb has reached the bronze agedaveeb has reached the bronze agedaveeb has reached the bronze agedaveeb has reached the bronze agedaveeb has reached the bronze age
Re: Facebook hack

Quote:
Originally Posted by Itshim View Post
Facebook was hacked . As was virgins email.All sorted but still seeing attempts to get back on to sites.Any idea how long before they move on ?
I'd change the e-mail address and password associated with the account (assuming you have access). Otherwise you'll need to contact Facebook to sort it out.
You can check if your email addy has been compromised here:


https://haveibeenpwned.com/
daveeb is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 25-09-2019, 00:22   #4
SnoopZ
CF Resident Dog
 
SnoopZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 14,225
SnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny stars
SnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny stars
Re: Facebook hack

Quote:
Originally Posted by daveeb View Post
I'd change the e-mail address and password associated with the account (assuming you have access). Otherwise you'll need to contact Facebook to sort it out.
You can check if your email addy has been compromised here:


https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Nearly everyone will be on that list, I did have another site that tells you what sites got compromised so you knew which passwords to change, probably in a thread I created a while back.

I ended up changing all my site passwords to gibberish using the Lastpass password manager.

Found it have a read here.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...2&postcount=14
__________________
PSN: Snoopzster

Last edited by SnoopZ; 25-09-2019 at 00:25.
SnoopZ is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 25-09-2019, 22:31   #5
Paul
Dr Pepper Addict
Cable Forum Team
 
Paul's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Nottingham
Age: 61
Services: Flextel SIP : Sky Mobile : Sky Q TV : VM BB (1000 Mbps) : Aquiss FTTP (330 Mbps)
Posts: 27,612
Paul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered stars
Paul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered starsPaul is seeing silvered stars
Re: Facebook hack

Im confused, do you mean your accounts were hacked ?
__________________

Baby, I was born this way.
Paul is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27-09-2019, 14:57   #6
Itshim
Do I care what you think
 
Itshim's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Cardiff South Wales
Age: 73
Services: V6 ,Virgin L. Phone Broadband.sky go Netflix
Posts: 4,255
Itshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appeal
Itshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appeal
Re: Facebook hack

Right I will try to explain.
Posts I did not make appeared on face book , My emails on Virgin were being deleted but not by me.
Then I managed to "catch" an E mail saying I can change my password on facebook.

So I changed every password I have - Boy did that take some work! Now at around 11.45am every day face book posts a code to change my password on it. Clearly whom ever it is can`t get on to the E mail.Keep telling Facebook it was not me via the email just press a button but that`s a waste of time. The account being attacked is on notice to shut down - thirty days !!! So I wondered how long this is likely to go on.

---------- Post added at 13:51 ---------- Previous post was at 13:49 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul View Post
Im confused, do you mean your accounts were hacked ?

Guess thats what its called. Virgin E mail & Facebook as far as I could tell Were being amended /deleted

---------- Post added at 13:57 ---------- Previous post was at 13:51 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by pip08456 View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Your Facebook account was hacked.

Your Virgin email account was hacked.

All sorted but still seeing attempts by whom to get back on sites?

Yes now seem to be clean however someone is still trying and so far failing to get code to change password on face book Which I hope be deleted in the new few weeks. Code to change was posted on Virgin Email Which was then wiped.Opened Emails would just go . Hence why I say it was also hacked . Not sure which happened first!
__________________
No point in being pessimistic. You know it won`t work.
Itshim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27-09-2019, 17:27   #7
SnoopZ
CF Resident Dog
 
SnoopZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 14,225
SnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny stars
SnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny starsSnoopZ has a pair of shiny stars
Re: Facebook hack

At this stage you should increase security on FB using 2fa and make sure your email is secured properly.

Also use Lastpass for all passwords with 2fa

https://m.facebook.com/help/148233965247823
__________________
PSN: Snoopzster
SnoopZ is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 12-10-2019, 13:59   #8
Itshim
Do I care what you think
 
Itshim's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Cardiff South Wales
Age: 73
Services: V6 ,Virgin L. Phone Broadband.sky go Netflix
Posts: 4,255
Itshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appeal
Itshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appealItshim has a bronzed appeal
Re: Facebook hack

Quote:
Originally Posted by SnoopZ View Post
At this stage you should increase security on FB using 2fa and make sure your email is secured properly.

Also use Lastpass for all passwords with 2fa

https://m.facebook.com/help/148233965247823

Thanks. took it further closed account and set up new one. That got rid of a lot of rubbish that I could not shake off for years. No trust in anything remembering passwords. So now all set up really random and in my head only. That worked the little grey cells !! but have managed it . I keep looking for patterns in what I use but can see none. So now have 16 different ones.
__________________
No point in being pessimistic. You know it won`t work.
Itshim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 30-10-2019, 21:26   #9
integrala
Inactive
 
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Cromford
Services: Sky, Freeview
Posts: 3
integrala is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: Facebook hack

Are you sure it was a hack and not a spoof? Often spoofers set up a similar account to yours, they have not actually hacked your account
integrala is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 17:33.


Server: osmium.zmnt.uk
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.