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Archive for April, 2010

The problem of hijacking Facebook account is not indiscriminately. Jim Brayer’s account, one of the investor of the social networking service, has been hijacked by hacker. According to some reports, the accounts were hijacked and used to send messages to thousands of Brayer friends.

The message says, “Do you want the phone number of Facebook? See more details and RSVP” followed a link to a particular address. Pehub.com site reported, about 2301 accounts Brayer friend sent a message, Sunday (05/09/2010) morning.

Facebook spokesman Larry Yu confirmed the incident. “Jim account hit by phishing scam. This issue has been resolved and we’ve been trying to prevent such activities,” he said.

Jim Brayer’s account is one of four accounts owned by members of Facebook directors and commissioners. Three other account is safe, that is owned by Mark Zuckerberg (founder and CEO), Marc Andreessen (investors), and Peter Thiel (investor).

Piracy accounts on Facebook are not a new and began to get serious attention. Previously, there was even the perpetrator of piracy that has taken over the 1.5 million accounts at Facebook and marketed in the “underground” forum.