Programmer Shows One Simple Method for Hacking Someone’s Facebook Account

The Independent reports about certain computer programmer who of late discovered one rather simple method of infiltrating a person's Facebook account.

The programmer asserted that the hack could be traced backwards via the mechanism of password recovery pertaining to Facebook's application. When the user pursues the option for password recovery, the social networking site asks him for his enrolled phone number that when entered, it dispatches one distinct code through SMS with which he can regain access.

And suppose the hacker managed reaching the user's mobile number linked to the website, he can with aid of the system acquire admission into that user's Facebook profile. Moneycontrol.com posted this, July 21, 2017.

The above can happen when the victimized user still has one earlier phone number connected with his account.

Writing inside one Medium post, James Martindale says that whilst Facebook would frequently prompt the user towards linking his phone-number to his account, it does not tell the user for updating his contact details.

When Martindale himself worked out the tactic he was able to hack into the Facebook accounts of many people. He inserted one new mobile number's sim card inside his device, and soon a text came to him from Facebook, although Martindale had not linked that number with his Facebook A/C.

Then for getting the option for password recovery he entered one ransom password. This easily enabled him receive one code into his phone which helped him reverse the logging.

Martindale elaborates how the particular tactic can be utilized within scams and money get churned, while involve simply telling the contacts of the hacked individual on Facebook to send in money.

This technique of hacking can get potentially utilized within scams for earning revenue, blackmailing users or selling A/Cs over the underground marketplace.

Socially engineered frauds are the latest to hack into social-networking sites. They engage in exploitation of the weakest connection within information related arrangements, i.e. people. So for safeguarding one's profile on social media, friend requests should be accepted solely from known ones while privacy settings executed selectively regarding who would be let to see his updates.

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