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 ...

Learn essential account security tips to protect your accounts from hacking and prevent hacking with simple, practical steps anyone can follow online.

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- Attorneys general across the country are demanding Meta do something about hackers taking over Facebook and Instagram accounts. The attorneys general say they have become a ...

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 ...

FLENER DIGGING INTO THIS FOR US. WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, PULLING OUT OUR PHONE AND THEN JUST JUMPING ON OUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. BUT JANINE CAPONNETTO, THE OTHER DAY COULDN’T LOG ON. SHE’S BEEN TRYING ...

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.

Facebook account cloning is a simple scam – but it’s easy to be fooled by it. A scammer will make a copy of your real account, using your Facebook profile photo and other public information, to trick ...

Aligarh police investigate the hacking of cricketer Rinku Singh's Facebook account, seeking to determine any financial implications.