Facebook again has shown out its colours to its users. Again,data of millions of users has been breached out by Facebook.It has given us another major reason for why we guys should delete our facebook account. The security blunder was first reported by Krebs on Security. Here is how to protect your account from being hacked.
Between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users are believed to have been affected by the security flaw.
Data of some Instagram users has also been exposed. so, consider following the same steps for Instagram.
- The first step to follow is to change your Facebook account password without waiting.
- Avoid using same passwords across different services i.e. you should not use same password for Gmail,Facebook and Instagram.
- Better you use two factor authentication,which will help you secure your account even if it is hacked.
- You should use a strong passwords so that it is difficult to guess your passwords. avoid using mobile number as password as it is easy to determine.
- Never share your OTP wit anyone,as it can help the hackers in hacking your account by changing its passwords
- Facebook said that it plans to notify hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, tens of millions of other Facebook users and tens of thousands of Instagram users about the bug in its password management system
Share this friends and family to help them secure their accounts.