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Once your Facebook account is hacked, perpetrators can access your conversations, misuse your personal Facebook page to carry out wrongful activities, such as sending scam messages for money lending, ... .
What to Do Right Away If Your Facebook Is Hacked
If the wrongdoer hasn't changed the login password, consider yourself lucky. Now, what you need to do is change your Facebook login password before logging out of any suspicious sessions.
If the perpetrator has already changed the password, you can proceed to reset your Facebook password.
In the Settings section => Security and Login (on Facebook), scroll down to find Login, then click on Change Password. Enter your current login password, then set a new, stronger password, combining numbers and letters so that the wrongdoer cannot guess it, or you can use a password manager like LastPass to generate a password. Once done, click on Save Changes.
After changing your Facebook password, go back to Where You're Logged In and log out of all sessions by clicking on the three dots vertically or expanding the list and selecting Log Out Of All Sessions located at the bottom right corner to log out of Facebook from all devices.
Resetting Your Facebook Password
If unfortunately the wrongdoer has already changed your Facebook password and you can no longer access your account. To regain access to your account, click on the
This allows you to recover your password in various ways. First, you'll need to find your account by entering the email address or phone number you used to register your Facebook account.
If Facebook can locate your account, then you can use the Reset Your Password option.
Click on the link No longer have access to these?. Facebook will then provide you with options to verify your identity. This process may take some time.
2. Report a Hacked Facebook Account
If your Facebook account is not hacked in the usual way, but rather the wrongdoer is sending ads and spam to your friends, in this case, you need to report that your account has been hacked.
Additionally, if you've lost access to your account, you can also report that your Facebook account has been hacked. Facebook will assist you in recovering access to your account.
3. Removing Suspicious Applications
It's not by chance that wrongdoers can attack and hack your Facebook account. The reason might be that you granted access to Facebook for some malicious application.
To remove suspicious applications, access Settings => Apps and Websites, then review the list of applications. Click on Show All to see the list of apps and websites you've accessed, check the apps or websites you want to remove, then click on the Remove button at the top and confirm to delete all posts, photos, and videos on Facebook created from these apps.
Alternatively, you can click on View and Edit, then change the permissions for the applications, including options like the ability to display the app, access personal information, and other actions.
4. Damage Control
After taking all the necessary steps to regain access and control of your Facebook account, proceed to inform users, your friends on Facebook, about your hacked account.
If you can no longer access your account, you can ask your friends to make announcements on Facebook to prevent or minimize the damages that wrongdoers may cause.
Configuring Facebook's Security and Privacy Options
After successfully recovering your Facebook account, the next step you should take is to review your Facebook security settings.
- In the Settings section => General, update your contact details, add additional email addresses or mobile phone numbers. Remove any emails or phone numbers that are no longer accessible.
- In the Settings section => Security and Login, set up additional security measures, including alerts for suspicious logins, two-factor authentication, and choose trusted contacts - up to 5 reliable individuals to help recover your Facebook account if it gets locked.
- In the Settings section => Privacy, select the privacy settings that best suit you. Mytour recommends limiting, allowing only friends to view future posts, while restricting the display of past posts.
Here are the immediate steps you need to take if your Facebook account is hacked. Additionally, if your Facebook account is unfortunately locked, you can refer to the article Recovering a Locked Facebook Account on Mytour to learn how to regain access to your account.
