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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Someone got drunk and made a post they regret.

Seriously though, they’re using the same password and email combo they use everywhere else, it was compromised in a breach of another site or they got phished, a bot logged into their Facebook account and started sending spam to all their friends.

That’s it, it is considered “hacking” I guess, but it’s not like they were special enough to be targeted and someone sat there for weeks trying to break into their account. They’re not that special.

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