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1/31/25: Social Media Hacked?

With the growing proliferation of services and accounts we each use for our personal life, there is a growing risk of those personal accounts being compromised. 

The linked blog offers several excellent steps for handling a compromise to one of your personal accounts.  Keep in mind, a second social media account pretending to be you means your account has been "spoofed", not compromised.

While a personal Facebook, Amazon, or Netflix account may not immediately relate to your work accounts, if a personal account is compromised it is beneficial for HelpDesk to be aware so we can review for any questionable activity on your Crowder accounts.  

Following is a summary of the steps suggested in the blog, a few personal additions, and a link to the original article.

  1. Sign out on every device.
  2. Change your password.
  3. Report the hack.
    • To the service provider.
    • And to Crowder HelpDesk so we can look for any questionable activity internally.
  4. Check for surprise changes.
  5. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) - I would suggest doing this to all accounts you can before any of them are compromised.

Original post: https://www.komando.com/tips/cybersecurity/hacked-social-media/

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