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As you probably know by now, Facebook is currently under fire for a serious data breach with a firm called Cambridge Analytica.
In a nutshell, Cambridge Analytica used a malicious app to steal the personal information of millions of Facebook users during the last U.S. presidential election cycle.
Unfortunately, you could easily be one of them.
If you’re wondering if your own data was stolen by Cambridge Analytica, you can easily find out right now. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Are you a Panera Bread customer who has opened an account on their website so you can place orders online?
If so, your information has likely been stolen by hackers.
Our friends at KrebsOnSecurity have announced that PaneraBread.com has been leaking customer information to hackers for at least 8 months.
The breach apparently affects over 37 million Panera customers.
If you are affected by the breach (and you almost certainly are if you ordered online at PaneraBread.com at any time during the last 8 months), hackers now have the following information on you: [Read more…]
As you probably know our Facebook newsfeeds are constantly being filled with posts of dire warnings to “do this” or “do that” or something bad will happen.
They usually ask you to share the post with your friends as well.
And as you also probably know, the vast majority of those “share this or suffer the consequences” type of posts are hoaxes and scams.
That being said, every now and then one of these posts will actually be based upon actual facts.
One case in point is a post that’s been making the rounds of late. The actual text may vary a bit, but it looks something like this: [Read more…]
Question from Connie G.: I have a question about Facebook and I’m really hoping you an answer it for me.
Yesterday morning I received a very intriguing private message from someone telling me we went to school together.
They said they saw my name pop up after I left a comment on a picture that a mutual friend had posted and they’d like to reconnect with me.
The thing is there’s no name listed for the sender. All it says is “Facebook User”.
I can’t reply to the message (It says “You cannot reply to this conversation”) and there’s no link to click to look at their profile.
I’m curious as to who this person could be since I graduated from high school over 20 years ago. Is there any way to find out who sent me that message?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
As you probably know by now, Facebook is a virtual playground for scammers, hackers and thieves from every spot on the globe.
The miscreants seem to be everywhere these days, hacking and cloning accounts right and left.
And as we all found out during the last presidential election, they’re even using Facebook to spread fake news.
Truth be told, rarely a day goes by when I fail to receive at least a couple of desperate messages from folks asking for help in cleaning up a compromised or cloned account.
Well, Facebook has recently devised a plan that should (hopefully) stop scammers and hackers in their tracks and prevent them from generally using their platform for mischief. This is how it works: [Read more…]