We don’t think about it much anymore, but our profile Facebook It truly is at the heart of our digital activity. There are personal information Yes, depending on our tastes, our work, our life in general. But we also have all our friends are connectedsometimes with the way we meet them, with the places we all go out together… In short, enough to rebuild our entire lives in a slightly nostalgic period, but also the possibility of renewal. control it and destroy it for a pirate. And that’s without even mentioning all your Messenger chats, which potentially contain sensitive information like your bank details or passwords. However, thanks to the tools provided by the platform, there is always a way to detect whether your account has been hacked and secure it as much as possible to avoid even the slightest problem.
How do you know if your account has been hacked?
The easiest way to find out if your Facebook account has been hacked is to Check out your connection histories. Facebook records all connections made to your account, indicating their location, the platform used and the IP address of the connection. To find this interface, simply do the following:
- Click little arrow in top right
- Go Settings and Privacy
- Go personal history
- When you come to this page, Active sessions.
Make sure you recognize your own connections on the list. If you don’t recognize any of them, you can click on the three little dots and end the session directly. Afterwards, You better change your password To ensure that anyone who can obtain your login information cannot reconnect to your account later. Take advantage of this enable two-factor authentication if you can : This is the best way to protect your account from hackers.
How to recover your hacked Facebook account?
If you already know your account has been compromised but you can still access your session: change your password immediately. As quickly as possible. In case your email address is compromised, also remember to change it to prevent the password recovery procedure from being used against you.
If you no longer have access to your account, Facebook has created this: a special page to save him. You will need to use your old password (so the last code you used before a hacker changed it) and prove your identity to Facebook using a code received via email or SMS.
Note that in case of identity theft, the same page will allow you to inform the social network and thus take action against the hacker.
How can you protect your Facebook account from hackers?
The first thing you need to do for both your Facebook account and all your accounts on the internet is,enable two-factor authentication. In principle, it asks you for a simple, conventional password and adds the code you would get from another platform. This ensures that only you can log into your account even if your password is leaked online. There are three methods on Facebook:
- SMS = A unique code will be sent to you via SMS
- special application = a code is generated by a special application. The Facebook mobile app usually allows you to authenticate or unauthenticate your connections once the connection is established.
- Dedicated USB key = nowadays there are only physically accessible USB keys that generate their own codes. This is the most powerful way to secure your account, but its use is quite excessive.
The Facebook mobile app also allows you to receive alerts for unrecognized logins or unusual new logins to your account. This is the best way to be proactive in quickly stopping a hacking attempt before attackers do anything to your Facebook.
Finally, check that your personal information is always up to date on the platform. Thanks to these, Facebook teams will be able to verify your real identity in case of hacking. It is also important to have the correct phone number on file, as is an email address that you can still access.