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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Very few to zero people get “hacked”.

They click on stupid shit, fall for phishing tactics, and are generally very poor at handling account security.

They then get angry if you try to help or explain this to them, because that means they have to take responsibility for their actions that led to the natural consequence.

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