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 ...

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 ...

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.

It's not always immediately obvious that your Facebook account has been hacked, but there are certain signs. It's one of those heart-sink moments: the suspicion that your Facebook has been hacked.

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Something is missing from Jennifer Bleeke's morning routine. That something is Facebook because a scammer locked Bleeke out of her account. "I tried to get in, and it wouldn't let me in ...

Susan Balmer says she's been trying to get help from Facebook since April. That's when a hacker started using her account to sell fake Taylor Swift concert tickets. "To know that my account was being ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A central Ohio woman ...