A step by step guide on how Facebook account users can protect there account from online hackers.
It is becoming alarming how many Facebook account has lost access to their Facebook account which they have been using for years to connect to friends and families.
Facebook has become the world’s top social media platform for messaging and online connections including business promotion. Facebook has helped unit and connect family and friends over the years from all over the globe.
Facebook, American online social network service that is part of the company Meta Platforms. Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, all of whom were students at Harvard University.
In the business world, Facebook has helped and is helping many locally run businesses and entrepreneurs sell their products and services and promote their brands online on the app and web versions since it inception.
Facebook recently changed it’s brand name from FACEBOOK to META as a company with many of its users in awe why the name of the company was changed from Facebook to META.
After much deliberations , Facebook, the company that owns other socio media platforms namely Instagram and WhatsApp, rebranded its company name as Meta on 28 October. Note, this is not a change in the name of the app Facebook. Mark Zukerberg, CEO Facebook gave reasons to the rebrand on their connect conference, “Right now, our brand is so tightly linked to one product that it can’t possibly represent everything that we’re doing today, let alone in the future. Over time, I hope that we are seen as a metaverse company, and I want to anchor our work and identity on what we’re building toward.”
Facebook has become one of the world’s top social app to connect billions of people together thereby making rooms for common interest amongst users.
Reasons Why Facebook Hackers Hack Uses Account
- Steal users bio data.
- Steal users friend list.
- To denial users of app access/services.
- To get access to users banking details.
- To sell to persons, business, or organizations looking for leads.
Many users have lost their precious Facebook accounts to online hackers for many reasons. Below are some reasons why people lose their Facebook accounts.
Reasons Why Facebook Users Lose Their Accounts
- Weak password.
- No Two factor Authentication.
- Logging in of account into many devices.
- Phone Lose / Device Lose.
- Unprotected Password and Device.
- Sharing password with friends.
- Clicking unknown links while browsing on the app.
- Sharing Facebook reset password code/link with strangers who call.
Step By Step To Protecting Your Facebook Account From Hackers.
1. Use Strong Password:
Ensure your Facebook account has a very strong password not lesser than 8 characters (eight) made up of Upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. Use a strong password that no one can guess or remember except you.
2. Never Share Password With Others:
Nobody should be trusted when it involves your private Facebook details. Do not share your password with other users for any reason. Many users have lost their account because they shared their password with too many people or just a person they felt they could trust.
3. Change Your Password Often:
It’s advisable to change the passwords for both your personal and your business social media accounts frequently. You should change your passwords at least once a quarter and when an employee leaves the company.
4. Set Up Two Factor Authentication:
Some social media accounts automatically require two-factor authentication when you log in with a new device. But if you want to keep your accounts very secure, set up two-factor authentication whenever someone signs in to the account.
The safety with this process is that, you always have to provide this set of pins that is either sent to your email or registered phone number any time you want to make a new log in from your device or other devices.
To set up two factor authentication, in your Facebook app/account, go to settings, tap security, scroll and select ‘Two Factor Authentication’. Follow all required instructions given. Make sure you have access to your Facebook registered mobile number and email address before you start the process to avoid been locked out of your account by Facebook for security purposes.
5. Secure All Your Social Media Account:
To make it easy to log in, many people don’t have their settings require two-factor authentication for social media on mobile devices. Although you may not want to require a password each time you log in, you must have passwords to lock your phone and prevent unauthorized use of social media accounts. Facial recognition and fingerprint scanning are also available to keep mobile devices secure.
6.Create Company Policy To Protect Company Facebook Accounts {For Companies}:
Businesses should have policies with specific steps and requirements for how to secure social media accounts at work. Explicit rules should state who has access to the accounts and expectations for how to prevent security threats. The policy also should provide information about whom to notify if social media accounts are compromised.
7. Be careful Public Wireless Connections:
Be very cautious when accessing social media accounts on wireless networks, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission warns. Public Wi-Fi connections at restaurants, libraries, airports and other places of business lack the protections to keep social accounts secure. Cybercriminals easily gain access to passwords and other data on these types of wireless networks.
8. Never Store Password and Username On Non Trusted Apps or Websites:
Keep all your personnel login details offline. Do not store personnel login details online on apps or websites you don’t trust, even the most trusted apps like Fire wall breakers (VPN) that are mostly used to protect your browsing identity on suspicious website can store and sell out your browsing details to Tech companies or hackers.
