Simple Facebook trick could let anyone hack into your account
A cyber security expert claims hackers can get into anyone’s Facebook account simply if they have access to their old phone number.
Facebook lets users recover access to their account if they’ve forgotten their password by typing in their phone number, getting a code texted to their phone and then resetting the password.
However, if someone has a new phone number and not unlinked their old number from their Facebook account, hackers are able to use the sneaky trick to gain access to victims’ Facebook profiles.
In a Medium post, tech expert James Martindale wrote: “Your Facebook account is a treasure trove worth a good chunk of money.”
Martindale claims he was able to access a stranger’s account by typing in his old phone number. Numbers are often recycled and given to new owners when they fall out of use.
Facebook also lets you search for people who have associated phone numbers with their accounts.
There is big money to be made in social media profiles, apparently.
Martindale claims that hackers could sell hacked Facebook accounts for more than $50 an account.
“I guarantee you that somebody out there has already smelled the money, figured this out, and is on the prowl chasing after accounts they can resell,” Martindale added.