Surge in Facebook hacking: Six cases in two days

Bhopal | Friday | 19th October, 2018

Summary:

SHO Cyber Cell police station Bhopal Manish Rai told TOI a sudden rise was seen in number of Facebook hacking cases in the city.Six cases of Facebook hacking were reported at cyber cell in past two days in which girl aged 19-21 years, all college students, were victimized by unidentified hackers. Terrified and curious, Anjali clicked on the link and suddenly her Facebook account was hacked. In two cases, hacker even sent extortion message.Rai said there is an urgent need social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram to be cautious and secure their accounts. When she tried to login into the account again, it notified a wrong password.Subsequently, similar messages were sent to people added in friend list of Anjali’s Facebook account and their accounts were hacked, too.Anjali is not only victim of Facebook hacking. Luckily, none of those who received message deposited the money in account number given by hacker..