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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My Facebook was recently hacked and turned into a bot.

The email associated with it was easily 15 years old. Likely a database cracked somewhere and they got my password from it, or the ability to change the password via the bunk email.

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