4 Quick Steps To Do When Your Facebook Account Is Hacked

4 Quick Steps To Do When Your Facebook Account Is Hacked

Daily many  Facebook accounts get  hacked. Hackers can access to all your private data. To avoid this, you should regularly update your password and keep other security settings strong.

How to Know Your Facebook Account Was Hacked?
First of all, you have to know your was hacked. If a hacker hack your account, they will leave a trace. While their session is active, it will be show.To check this go to > Home (top right corner) > Account Settings >Security > Active Sessions (click edit). Here you can end the activity of suspicious sessions.
Always enable Login Approvals for logging in from unrecognized devices.

1. Change Your Password
In case your password was not changed by hacker then change your password.Be sure to end any suspicious active sessions first then go to >Home > Account Settings > General and click > Password to confirm your current password and then enter a new password.

2. Reset Your Password
If your password was changed then click on “ Forgot your password?” to get new password.. You can either enter the email address you registered to Facebook with or any other secondary email address you added, as well as your phone number and username.

If you’re not sure whether the person that hacked your account was smart enough to change your profile information, you should go with the last option and enter your name and that of a friend. This will give you an idea of which information is currently added to your account.

3. Report Compromised Account
If your account wasn’t hacked, but is sending out ads and spam to your friends, you must report it as compromised.

4. Remove Suspicious Applications
To remove suspicious applications, go to > Home > Account Settings > Apps and go through the list. Click the > X next to any application you wish to remove or click > Edit to change what the app can do.

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