Something bad is going on with Facebook.
Just one week ago, on February 8th, an Albanian hacker was given credit for hacking into over 1,000 very popular Facebook pages, many of which have over 100,000 fans. Over the next few days there were more Facebook pages hacked; at which time all existing administrators (those in charge of the fanpages) are removed from the page so that the hackers have complete control over the content and media that is shared on the page. Some of the affected pages contain new profile pictures with the words ‘Hacked by Omega’ and ‘Don’t afraid! You are hacked.’
So is it extortion, or just some hackers having fun? Why are Facebook pages being hacked? One unnamed source that was affected by this recent security breach has a different theory as to why this is happening. ‘In the research that I have done, these hackers have a political agenda with their actions. I believe that with the success had by the Egyptian people last week, that used Facebook to rally support, these hackers are going to release some sort of message through the thousands of pages that have been taken over, effectively getting their message out to millions and millions of people simultaneously throughout the world.’ Whether or not this is true, time will only tell.
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