Heightened Hacking Activity Prompts Social Media Security Warning

Having social media software for managing users’ privacy settings, and security settings, and keeping track of recent news and marketing opportunities can provide a great way to keep in touch with family, and friends, and stay updated on recent news. However, it is important to abide by these settings to keep information safe. 

When social media is used improperly, it can introduce several risks to a person’s personal information, as online criminals are devising new and in-depth methods for exploiting vulnerabilities more frequently than ever before.

There are many things users need to know about keeping their Facebook, X and Instagram accounts secure – from finding out how accounts are hacked, to recovering accounts. 

When fraudsters gain access to the details of the users’ accounts, they can take advantage of their contacts, sell their information on the dark web, and steal the identity of the users.

According to reports by Action Fraud, some victims of email and social media hacking have been forced into extortion by criminals who have stolen their private photos and videos and used them to extort them.

9 out of 10 of the people who participated in the survey (89%) stated that they knew or were aware of people whose profiles had been compromised, and 28% said they knew at least five to ten people who had been hacked. 

The survey found that 15 per cent of the respon

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