Should you try to recover a hacked Facebook account?

Gjeloise Level 1

May 31, 2013, 9:18 pm

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Should you try to recover a hacked Facebook account?

What if your Facebook account is hacked or stolen, should you try to recover it? What if you rarely use it? Should you just let it go?

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Beverly

Beverly

If you never used the Facebook account for business or social purposes and didn't have any family/personal photos on the account, you could easily give it up.

11 years ago

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America

America

I've worked on my Facebook page diligently for well over a year. And, since that page is only accessible when I sign into my Facebook account, I'd make a serious effort to get the account back, if only to access my Facebook page, if it got hacked.

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Barida

Barida

I will try to recover it no matter the circumstances surrounding it. It is when it is practically impossible for me that I will give up on getting it back.

7 years ago

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Corzhens

Corzhens

I am not an authority on the subject but my take is to just let go of a hacked Facebook account. However, you have the responsibility of announcing that your old account has been hacked for the hacker may use that against you. There are cases where a hacked account was used to borrow money from the owner’s connections because it appeared that the owner was still the one handling the hacked account.

6 years ago

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Steve5

Steve5

It's better to not chase after it anymore. If they've already hacked it, then you can bet that they can do it again. So make a new one and mark it as private. That way only you and your closest friends will see your new account. Besides, making a new one is free.

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