I was asked me to post this here.... if you do have a facebook account then login now and change your passwords and change your passwords anywhere else you happen to use the same username / password combo (you know you should never do that?). "A hacker named Kirllos has a rare deal for anyone who wants to spam, steal or scam on Facebook: an unprecedented number of user accounts offered at rock-bottom prices. Researchers at VeriSign's iDefense group recently spotted Kirllos selling Facebook user names and passwords in an underground hacker forum, but what really caught their attention was the volume of credentials he had for sale: 1.5 million accounts." thats about 1 in every 300 account this guy is selling user details to and thats just one guy out of many facebook hackers. link to the full story.
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Scary stuff 
I'm glad I don't have a FB account.
Thanks for the warning Stonks. I'm not on FB but my sons are, I'll let them know.
It was BBBS who asked me to pass it on, its all over the internet....
stonks, I suggest you send a PM to one of the moderators, Lori or Rosemary, asking them to flag this thread as a shortcut topic. This way, major announcements such as this will get shown near the top of all forums top pages and won't get lost with other topics. That is what I did for my Firefox thread. Only the moderators can set the shortcut topic flag.
Thanks Stonksy 
Thanks I'll pass this on to friends and family who use FB. Btw I can't see the link to the full story
thanks Stonks 
just caught up with the original post else where
link to the story is
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...63.DTL#ixzz0lwErDMJG
just caught up with the original post else where link to the story is
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...63.DTL#ixzz0lwErDMJG
Thanks for the link Mrs. H.
Thanks stonks, luckily after FB problems last yr I don't have the same passwords for my internet banking as i do for FB!
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stonks, I suggest you send a PM to one of the moderators, Lori or Rosemary, asking them to flag this thread as a shortcut topic. This way, major announcements such as this will get shown near the top of all forums top pages and won't get lost with other topics. That is what I did for my Firefox thread. Only the moderators can set the shortcut topic flag.
I think most of the internet have been warned EL, I'll just bump this once in a while....Reference:
thanks Stonks just caught up with the original post else where link to the story is http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...63.DTL#ixzz0lwErDMJG
Thanks MrsH its telling me I can't do the link in FF....
Facebook is shit! I only play the games....err actually it's my nieces account but she lets me use it...mwahhh!
Honestly change your passwords every week for finance sites etc.It makes sense.I keep a notepad for mine.
I keep a notepad for mine.
thanks stonksy
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Facebook is shit! I only play the games....err actually it's my nieces account but she lets me use it...mwahhh!
Too many games..not enough hours....
Thanks for the info.
Wouldn't touch FB with a bargepole, not even a very, very, VERY long one.
Bump for the thread
I'm sorry but I just don't believe this for a second.
Suppose the good thing about this is that if you desperately want to say something to someone like ask someone out or something but are worried incase they say no, you can just ask them, then if they say no just say you dunno what happened, must have been that facebook hacker
Scaremongering at its best. I'll take my chance, thanks. If it backfires then it backfires (but it won't)
Suppose the good thing about this is that if you desperately want to say something to someone like ask someone out or something but are worried incase they say no, you can just ask them, then if they say no just say you dunno what happened, must have been that facebook hacker
Scaremongering at its best. I'll take my chance, thanks. If it backfires then it backfires (but it won't)
First rule in usernames, passwords and pin numbers NEVER write them down....
I've not changed mine either but tbf theres nothing on there that will be of any use to anyone
I am annoyed about something else though- got an email from the student finance service yday saying that they needed everyone to update their details or they wouldnt get their loan through. So I clicked the link and then I checked the web address matched the actual website and entered my details...today the uni have posted some warning saying its a scam
Now i have no idea whats going on and noone from the uni can help.
I am annoyed about something else though- got an email from the student finance service yday saying that they needed everyone to update their details or they wouldnt get their loan through. So I clicked the link and then I checked the web address matched the actual website and entered my details...today the uni have posted some warning saying its a scam
Now i have no idea whats going on and noone from the uni can help.