Fraudsters can obtain account login information through, for example, scam contests.
Facebook can be used on many different devices. SKRYPKO IEVGEN
Traficom’s cyber security center said, that data breaches have been on the rise, especially with regard to social media accounts. At the beginning of the year, the number of hacks on social media accounts increased by 65 percent. Most of the burglaries have concerned Facebook accounts.
Account hacking usually happens when the scammer asks for a phone number or after the victim participates in a scam contest advertised in the name of a well-known organization.
Facebook, owned by Meta, is a popular social media service with approx 3.2 million users in Finland.
Here’s how to check
You can check your Facebook account login information and active logins by logging into your account. This is checked on the computer as follows:
After logging in, click on your user icon in the upper right corner. After that, select “Settings and privacy”.
Next, select settings, after which a menu will appear on the left side. Select “Security and login” from the menu.
After this, you should see a view where you can see your active logins and your login history. By clicking “show more” from the view, you can check your login history over a longer period of time, which also tells you where the login took place.
If you notice that your account is logged in to a place you don’t know – or this has happened, you can log out of all places by clicking “log out of all sessions” at the bottom.
If you have logged into your account from unknown places, you should also change your password and enable two-step login. In this case, logging in is verified using a code that can be ordered on the phone, for example.