Hacked Facebook requires users to change password

Hacked Facebook requires users to change password -

When you log in to Facebook this week, you may be prompted to change your password via the message below. It is a precautionary measure the social media giant is taking to protect its users whose information may have been exposed to hacking Adobe in October, which revealed passwords to a maximum of 150 million customers. Facebook is by checking passwords and emails exposed the information of hacking into its database. If your email or password corresponds to the information revealed by Adobe and Facebook requires to change your password.

If you're one of the millions of Facebook users that receive the above message when you log in to your account, you must follow the steps in the message to change your password immediately.

To avoid receiving a similar message in the future or to protect your information online in general, it is better to have different passwords for every online service you use. To be clear these passwords must not be variations in the other, but completely different. It may be difficult to keep all the passwords directly to the first, but long term it will be worth it. Indeed, if one service is compromised - and you have a password for everything -. Can you put all your personal information on all online services that you use in danger instead of just the original hacked site

Discover our advice on other ways you can protect your personal information on the media social, or visit our blog for protection against identity theft for how to protect your identity in all aspects of your life.