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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No one is ‘hacking’ them.

Most Facebook hacks are either the result of phishing (directing the user to download software that contains viruses or malware or a fake website that looks real in order to get them to ‘log in’ and give them the login credentials) or the result of the user giving something permission to do things, such as post via their account

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