Facebook was attacked by hackers. Nearly 50 million user accounts were affected in this incident. Hackers let people see their profile which looks like their friends’ profile. Hackers exploited a weakness in the tool to gain access to digital keys that let people access Facebook from a personal device without having to re-enter a password. The keys can be used by hackers to tack over the accounts. After the incident, there are three thins we need to do. First is to audit your devices. If you see you account login on a unfamiliar device or location, click “Remove” to remove the devices out of the account. Second is to change your password. Hackers may gain the passwords to access the accounts, so changing password is needed. Last is to turn on the two-factor authentication Using the codes sent by text message to logon the accounts. That makes others hard to logon your account even though they have the password.
https://www.techvows.com/facebook-was-hacked-3-things-you-should-do-after-the-breach/
This is great advice. Especially changing your password. On most major apps, once you change your password, you automatically get signed out, which deletes the auth token used to prevent having to log in every time. This would prevent hackers from using it to get into your account and cause havoc.
It good to know that finally Facebook offers a security feature called two-factor authentication. It involves text messaging a unique code to your phone that you must type in after entering your password. This way, even if someone gained access to your password, it would be difficult to log in without that code. Even though Facebook fixed this week’s security vulnerability, every user should have this feature turned on.
Auditing your devices, changing your passwords, and turning on the two-factor authentication are three good ways to keep personal account safer not just in Facebook but also in other social media websites.
Exactly Yingyan, I am going to do that.