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**CoiI8XIj** · 10-21-2009, 02:26 AM

If there are spyware or viruses on your computer your password was keylogged.

If you have very simple password, say one short word without numbers that has relevance to your username, then that will be easy to crack.

I'm not sure how else a hacker would have been able to breach your account, maybe your house was unlocked, someone strolled in, opened your browser to find your Facebook home page still logged in, etc?

I have scanned the 2 PC's I use in my life, with Windows Defender, Sophos Anti-virus, Trend Housecall and Spybot search and destroy. The only things that were found were tracking cookies by spybot for a few shitty websites.

As I said, my password was not easy to crack.

Nobody has been in my house, although that also went through my mind, I walked into my house on the first day I found out, with the adrenaline pumping as it was the ONLY explanation that actually made sense...

As an update to all of this, Facebook emailed me... check this out:

Hi,

Your account has been temporarily disabled while we investigate this security issue. Our systems indicate that your Facebook account has been compromised by cybercriminals attempting to impersonate you. These criminals often will try to trick your friends into sending them money by claiming that you are stuck in a far away location and need assistance. (this is me=wales, mugged at gunpoint, no wallet, far away, help)

It is possible that your email account was compromised as well, as obtaining access to a victim's email is one of the primary ways these cybercriminals have been operating. Please select new, unique passwords for any email addresses associated with your Facebook account.

We will write back to you after we have investigated this issue. In the meantime, we encourage you to visit the following page for more information about Facebook security and how to report suspicious material: http://www.facebook.com/security. We hope to resolve this as quickly as possible and appreciate your patience.
Thanks for contacting Facebook,

Amanda
User Operations
Facebook

(me again) I CANNOT find any evidence of any access to my email account (secured with a different/stronger password, than shitty facebook). I have emailed google to give me a full breakdown of recent access to my email account, and whether anything other than the 2 IP addresses I know it is accessed from.

10-21-2009, 02:26 AM	#30
CoiI8XIj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 388 Senior Member	If there are spyware or viruses on your computer your password was keylogged. If you have very simple password, say one short word without numbers that has relevance to your username, then that will be easy to crack. I'm not sure how else a hacker would have been able to breach your account, maybe your house was unlocked, someone strolled in, opened your browser to find your Facebook home page still logged in, etc? I have scanned the 2 PC's I use in my life, with Windows Defender, Sophos Anti-virus, Trend Housecall and Spybot search and destroy. The only things that were found were tracking cookies by spybot for a few shitty websites. As I said, my password was not easy to crack. Nobody has been in my house, although that also went through my mind, I walked into my house on the first day I found out, with the adrenaline pumping as it was the ONLY explanation that actually made sense... As an update to all of this, Facebook emailed me... check this out: Hi, Your account has been temporarily disabled while we investigate this security issue. Our systems indicate that your Facebook account has been compromised by cybercriminals attempting to impersonate you. These criminals often will try to trick your friends into sending them money by claiming that you are stuck in a far away location and need assistance. (this is me=wales, mugged at gunpoint, no wallet, far away, help) It is possible that your email account was compromised as well, as obtaining access to a victim's email is one of the primary ways these cybercriminals have been operating. Please select new, unique passwords for any email addresses associated with your Facebook account. We will write back to you after we have investigated this issue. In the meantime, we encourage you to visit the following page for more information about Facebook security and how to report suspicious material: http://www.facebook.com/security. We hope to resolve this as quickly as possible and appreciate your patience. Thanks for contacting Facebook, Amanda User Operations Facebook (me again) I CANNOT find any evidence of any access to my email account (secured with a different/stronger password, than shitty facebook). I have emailed google to give me a full breakdown of recent access to my email account, and whether anything other than the 2 IP addresses I know it is accessed from.
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