Facebook Logged In From India?

[Absolutely]

I rarely use FB, I only use it to look at random people's photos or creepily look at stuff.
Anyway, I just got an email that said my account was logged into from a "Unrecognized location", and it was locked.

I went through the process, put in a new password, and verified that it wasn't me logging in from the "Unrecognized location".
It was somewhere in India...

Has this happened to anyone?
I don't care about FB, but would you be concerned if you use that same password for other sites or emails, etc?

 

[Hudson]

What sick slumdog porn are you viewing?

 

[Absolutely]

I don't know...
Nothing that requires a password.

I really only use this password for my email and random internet forums and stuff.
So I changed my Gmail password, and a few of my forum passwords that I can think of.
Like Saltwater Fish sites, shit like that. Stuff that's no big deal.

I guess I'm just wondering how someone would access the password or whatever. Or why someone would want FB access

 

[fletcher]

Your computer has the AIDS. Time to trash the HD, throw it in a river, and burn your house down.

 

[Hudson]

I don't know...
Nothing that requires a password.

I really only use this password for my email and random internet forums and stuff.
So I changed my Gmail password, and a few of my forum passwords that I can think of.
Like Saltwater Fish sites, shit like that. Stuff that's no big deal.

I guess I'm just wondering how someone would access the password or whatever. Or why someone would want FB access

I'm no expert...but access to your Facebook info...I bet a scam artist/hacker/identity thief can do a bunch of stuff.

 

[Absolutely]

Well nothing was changed, and I have nothing happening on my FB.
I have like 7 friends...

I changed the password. I guess who cares.
Probably some scam or con like you said

 

[fletcher]

Was your password "comic630"?

lib lob

 

[Absolutely]

Maybe it's one of those things where they'd send stuff out as me, like "Happy Easter, check out this video" and then it's a virus or something.
Just creeped me out

 

[SKEPTIC]

"And no one could buy or sell anything without the mark, which is either the name or logo of the Book of Face."

Revelations 13:17

 

[Norm Stansfield]

It could be a lot of things. Stop using the password, and stop using the e-mail account you signed up with.

If you're using a PC, scan it for malware and install a firewall. You should be doing that anyway, but in case you're not, it's time.

I guess I'm just wondering how someone would access the password or whatever.

Few options: hacked some site you used it on, that has bad security; there's malware on a device you logged in from, that logs passwords automatically; you used the password on a malicious site.

You should use three different passwords, with three different email accounts: one for personal accounts, one for work related accounts, and a third one for everything you don't care about. Whenever you're not on a reputable site, just use the third one. Never log in with the first two from computers you're not sure are clean.

 

[whiskeyguy]

I have six passwords that I use for various "levels" of accounts.

Yeah, I'm kind of paranoid.

 

[SKEPTIC]

I have six passwords that I use for various "levels" of accounts.

Yeah, I'm kind of paranoid.

I just "hacked" your accounts. It wasn't even that hard.

1. evanwilliams
2. jimbeam
3. jackdaniels
4. bushmills
5. kilbeggan
6. glenlivet

 

[fletcher]

I have six passwords that I use for various "levels" of accounts.

Yeah, I'm kind of paranoid.

I have 4 main passwords with variations out my own ass. Shortest is 5 characters, longest is upwards of 15 or 16.

It gets a bit confusing and leads to a fuckton of resets. Guess it keeps me a bit safer though.

Oh, and dont take part in those stupid "personality surveys" or whatever they call it. They list a ton of questions about you and your past and often then have security questions peppered throughout. People scam password resets with that shit.

 

[whiskeyguy]

I just "hacked" your accounts. It wasn't even that hard.

1. evanwilliams
2. jimbeam
3. jackdaniels
4. bushmills
5. kilbeggan
6. glenlivet

Shit, I just changed them. No one will guess:

level1pw
level2pw
level3pw
...

I have 4 main passwords with variations out my own ass. Shortest is 5 characters, longest is upwards of 15 or 16.

It gets a bit confusing and leads to a fuckton of resets. Guess it keeps me a bit safer though.

Oh, and dont take part in those stupid "personality surveys" or whatever they call it. They list a ton of questions about you and your past and often then have security questions peppered throughout. People scam password resets with that shit.

I have an Access database (Excel works also) with a list of my accounts and the password number (like pw#2), as well as the email address associated with that account so I know where to look when they send a reset link. Then I just keep all the passwords that correspond with those numbers in a notebook in my safe.

 

[LiddyRules]

L3g3nd$O'The4s

 

[whiskeyguy]

L3g3nd$O'The4s

Only on the Tristan Ludlow fan club site.

 

[Bobobie]

My Facebook account has zero personal info on it, just a pic of my face. Someone created a new account with my name and used that single avatar pic to friend all my friends and family. They just assumed I created a new account or lost friends from a facebook screwup, something that happens all the time. I was lucky that he was only on for a few hours and only managed to message 2-3 of my friends before I shut his ass down. Filled out and online form and it only took ten seconds for the account to become inactive. I have two part verification on my password reset so they're not going to steal my account, but as in my case, they can steal your identity in other ways.