I have some of you as friends on my Facebook. So I wanted to notify you that my facebook was hacked this morning. The hacker contacted some of my friends using Chat on facebook and told them I was in London and was robbed and need money. For right now my facebook account has been disabled. I just wanted to insure everyone that this was not true and I am sure this was a hacker trying to get money. I am a computer security analyst and my advice is make your passwords something you can remember but not easy to figure out. Just be careful if you have a feeling about someone chating with you start questioning that person as to there identity. Be careful not to put personal information out on facebook hackers are out there looking for this info. Sheila Kreutzer Derevage
It's only going to get worse. That's why I don't have time for this social networking. Rosemary larson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Derevage" <[email protected]> To: "List, Volga German" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 10:21 AM Subject: [GV] My FaceBook Hacked I have some of you as friends on my Facebook. So I wanted to notify you that my facebook was hacked this morning. The hacker contacted some of my friends using Chat on facebook and told them I was in London and was robbed and need money. For right now my facebook account has been disabled. I just wanted to insure everyone that this was not true and I am sure this was a hacker trying to get money. I am a computer security analyst and my advice is make your passwords something you can remember but not easy to figure out. Just be careful if you have a feeling about someone chating with you start questioning that person as to there identity. Be careful not to put personal information out on facebook hackers are out there looking for this info. Sheila Kreutzer Derevage ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
That happens on Yahoo, Msn, Hotmail, etc. when people use weak passwords. The spammers are after your address books. There's rules here on creating strong passwords: http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/ Check password strength here: http://www.passwordmeter.com/ If your score isn't 100%, you have a weak password. Gary Martens On 3/2/2011 10:21 AM, Sheila Derevage wrote: > I have some of you as friends on my Facebook. So I wanted to notify you that my facebook was hacked this morning. The hacker contacted some of my friends using Chat on facebook and told them I was in London and was robbed and need money. For right now my facebook account has been disabled. I just wanted to insure everyone that this was not true and I am sure this was a hacker trying to get money. I am a computer security analyst and my advice is make your passwords something you can remember but not easy to figure out. Just be careful if you have a feeling about someone chating with you start questioning that person as to there identity. Be careful not to put personal information out on facebook hackers are out there looking for this info. > > Sheila Kreutzer Derevage > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >