What is actually happening when a Facebook account is “hacked”?

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I’m specifically referring to things like the ads for cheap sunglasses that I’ve been seeing for what seems like over a decade now and the more recent “look who died in an accident” video links that three of my elderly aunts have had on their accounts in the last year. Who is “hacking” these accounts and what are they gaining from it?

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The one I find sadly hilarious is when a technologically illiterate Facebook user thinks that they’ve been hacked because someone made a clone of their account and sends out fake friend requests! Posting about password changes and all like that will help in that situation.

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