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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>look who died in an accident” video links that three of my elderly aunts have had on their accounts in the last year.
To be honest, this sounds more like some kind of spam message like “post this link on Facebook to rise awareness, or more people will die the same way” or anything similar and people post it, instead of actually hacking.
What they get, probably clicks, because if someone posted it you know, it’s more likely you will click the link. They put some adds there and the more people visit the site the more money they will make. So just click bait, at least in some cases.
Of course accounts also get hacked, for example accounts that sell things, may now be a scam, but because of a long history and a lot of happy customers in the past people may be more willing to spend money without checking all the details and it doesn’t get instantly obvious that it’s a scam side.
Or literally anything else, the reasons why accounts could get hacked are nearly endless.
Edit: and how they get hacked, most simple probably fishing attacks. They get a link where they have to log in and update something in their account, or verify something, enter the log in data and congratulations you are hacked.
If its more personal, say someone highjacks an account after a break up, they may even know the log in data to begin with.
Or aunt Rosie born 1942 which is perfectly visible for all on her profile uses Rosie42 as her password…
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