Discovering that your Facebook account has been hacked can be a devastating experience. Luckily, though, it's usually easy to recover your account and keep it safe in future by taking a few simple ...

A woman says her Facebook page was hacked and used to post a scam advertisement for a used car. She's heard from three people who lost money. The woman says it was difficult getting Facebook to remove ...

An Upstate New York school district is warning the community to avoid its Facebook page after a hacker gained administrative ...

In the latest admission from a major company that it had been hacked, Facebook announced in a blog post on Friday afternoon that its "systems had been targeted in a sophisticated attack" and that ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) -- It's happened to yet another Bay Area viewer. An East Bay woman tried to log into her Facebook account only to find a hacker had taken control and was scamming her friends.

At the beginning of every school year, most college students receive the same warning email or lecture from campus safety: don’t leave your laptop unattended because someone could steal it. But they ...

Scammers on Facebook are gaming the platform’s recommendation engine to push fraudulent content directly into the feeds of older adults, turning a social network built for family updates into a ...

VERIFY often shares information on how to protect personal information online and tips for avoiding scams. Multiple VERIFY readers, including Tara, reached out to ask about chain posts that claim ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) --From fake RiverLink texts to fraudulent Facebook sales, scams are happening in Kentucky and Indiana. Scammers are taking over social media accounts and pretending to sell ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Force is not with the Illinois State Historical Society on Facebook. The Springfield-based not-for-profit’s Facebook page has been infiltrated by a hacker. The hacker(s) ...

The Scotia-Glenville Central School District says it has regained control of its Facebook account after an apparent issue ...

As more details of the Instagram deal come out, it has become clear that Mark Zuckerberg pulled off a big billion dollar app deal while he still could, before the Facebook founder has to answer to the ...