| Apparently this Facebook hacking site has been | | | | your Facebook account! This stuff happens every |
| around for over four years but well known security | | | | day. |
| company Panda Labs claimed to have discovered it | | | | A quick couple of minutes with some domain tools tells |
| recently! This shady service claims that only 1% of | | | | us that this website is registered in Moscow. |
| Facebook sites cannot be hacked. | | | | Speculation is that the people behind this underground |
| The service costs $100 to anybody who wants to get | | | | service are members of the Eastern European |
| an account hacked which is well affordable if you are | | | | Internet Mafia. Payments have been traced via a |
| driven by irrational feelings such as jealousy of a loved | | | | popular money transfer service to the Ukraine. |
| one suspected of cheating. You would throw $100 at | | | | Facebook has been plagued with security issues since |
| an investigation without even thinking about it! | | | | becoming the most popular social network on the |
| The website encourages people to become | | | | Internet. In fact, even before they were popular they |
| cyber-criminals and hack others Facebook accounts | | | | had problems. Facebook recently announced that the |
| offering extra credits in return. The website is very | | | | size of their user base is approaching the population of |
| professional in nature and it is easy to order this | | | | the United States! So you can see the potential for |
| sinister service. I won't be exposing the website URL in | | | | cyber criminal activity is huge. |
| this article for obvious reasons! | | | | You can still find plenty of people who do not use |
| It's not only the obvious security threat of having your | | | | Facebook specifically because of security worries. But |
| personal information stolen which is the worry. Hacked | | | | if you must use the service (wink) make sure you |
| accounts can also be used to send spam, malware | | | | beef up your security by using hard to guess |
| and other nasties to the targets contact list. I don't | | | | passwords. Also you should change your password |
| need to tell you how embarrassing it could be having | | | | regularly to minimise the risk. It's a war zone out there! |
| an intruder spread malicious information about you via | | | | |