Run a Facebook page with other admins? You need to read this

Last year, we showed that it was easier than you might expect to hijack a Facebook page and lock out the original admin.

Here’s a video I made at the time, where I showed just how page hijacking could occur.

Facebook page hijacking is an important issue, because so many companies and celebrities treat their Facebook page as a critical part of their marketing activity, with some brands having millions of fans.

Don’t forget – a Facebook page which has been hijacked could be used to spread malicious links, spam or scams…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the anti-virus industry having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent security analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of computer security, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter at @gcluley, on Mastodon at @[email protected], or drop him an email.