My facebook is being hacked
It seems that Facebook accounts are being hacked on an increasing scale. The legislature reacted to this a while ago and made hacking accounts a criminal offense with Section 202a of the Criminal Code. Find out what to do if you have become a victim and your account has been hacked here.
Hacking a Facebook account isn't child's play
- If you Account has been hacked, you have become the victim of a crime. This is called "spying on data" in Section 202a of the Criminal Code and is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to 3 years in the case of adults.
- It doesn't matter how your account was hacked. Whether the perpetrator has guessed your access data, knew them or perhaps even learned from you, is irrelevant for the criminal assessment. It just depends on someone getting into you without your permission profile logged in.
- As a rule, the hacking of the account is not over - this is usually just the preparation to give the person concerned, e.g. B. to damage more or less seriously through defamatory information in the profile or insults.
What to do if you've been hacked
- Inform you Facebook about the process. On the Security area you have the opportunity to report various types of legal violations and violations of the terms and conditions. There you can report that your profile has been hacked. As a first step, click on the list entry "I think my account has been cracked".
- If you have given Facebook your data, which can be used to authenticate you, this should ultimately mean that you have access to your profile again.
- Lift the e-mail- Traffic on Facebook so that when in doubt, you can prove that your account has been hacked and not just claiming it.
- File a criminal complaint with the police. They are obliged to record your advertisement and also to process it. Depending on whether the perpetrator has already appeared under criminal law, this can result in severe penalties - even for young people. Under no circumstances do you have to assume from the outset that the proceedings will be terminated. Quick action is required here, as IP addresses can only be traced for a very short time.
- Choose a strong password for your Facebook account. This should have at least 8 characters and should not be guessable. A very good trick is to use the first letters of the words in a sentence. As a result, the sentence "My grandma lives in Munich and is 83 years old" becomes the very secure password "MOwiMui83Ja". Of course, you must not tell anyone else your password, otherwise even the most secure formulation is of no use.
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