When one (or several) of your friends send you a message telling you they think your Facebook account has been hacked, it’s likely because they’ve received a friend request from a profile that appears to be yours. You might be tired of seeing these types of messages in your news feed, but I would encourage you to at least pay attention to what’s being said, and why. The language of this kind of post is designed to scare you (and your friends) and encourage you to repost the information. That’s why we created our Digital Death page – take a look at it here.Chances are you’ve seen the following message pop up more than once on your Facebook news feed recently:
Getting into an inactive account is much easier, as a dead person won’t be able to flag up any suspicious goings-on from six feet under. But hackers are apt to use dead people’s accounts when going on a cloning spree, or setting up a hacking scam.
In the world of cyber security, no one can really escape a hacker with malicious intentions, and anyone could be targeted. For a small sum, any opportunistic marketer, scammer or troll can amass a legion of seemingly human profiles capable of outwitting Facebook’s detection to then extort friends and family. You can easily find these vast fake-account marketplaces. We’re all aware of the large corners of the Web that are mysterious and downright dodgy.īut trading Facebook accounts isn’t so hidden away, in the dark corners. What’s the current situation with people creating fake Facebook accounts? Here’s how hacking into dead people’s Facebook accounts is a growing problem. While Facebook is aware of the issue, not all of us who use the platform for sharing memes and updating our status from the back of Wetherspoons understand this dark phenomenon. Inactive Facebook accounts, or those that used to belong to dead people, are bought and sold in online marketplaces. Trading in Facebook accounts is a huge business. Why is hacking into dead people’s Facebook accounts so popular?