Was my Facebook account hacked or what?

Humes fork · 12th November 2012, 01:26 PM

*I almost always clean my Firefox cache and cookies when closing, and for Facebook I have activated the mechanism that sends you an e-mail when someone signs into your account (and also asks you to name the machine).*

So when I signed in on Facebook today, instead of naming the machine I signed in from as usual, I was told that an unidentified machine had (recently, I suppose) signed into my account. The IP of the unidentified machine was the same as my IP, which is rather strange. Still, I responded that I didn't recognize it, and got to change password (about time anyways). After that I was asked to name the machine as usual.

I thought maybe they had tightened security and it didn't quite fit with my cookie and cache cleaning habits. So I signed out, cleaned those, and restarted the computer, and signed in again. No mention of any unidentified machine this time, just the usual asking to name the machine I signed in from.

So what's up with this? Did someone hack my account, or was it just a Facebook fluke? If some stranger signed into my account, shouldn't Facebook drop me an e-mail about it as it usually does whenever it is signed into? If my account is in danger, why doesn't Facebook send me an e-mail straight away instead of telling me only the next time I sign in?

mutile · 12th November 2012, 04:04 PM

Are you using wireless, or sharing a router with any other computers?

Cuddles · 13th November 2012, 05:16 AM

Steam and Guild Wars 2 both occasionally decide I'm signing in from a different computer and make me verify that I'm me. Oddly enough Steam didn't seem to notice when I actually did change ISP, and therefore IP address, just recently. So I'd say it's probably just Facebook getting confused.

Humes fork · 13th November 2012, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by mutile

Are you using wireless, or sharing a router with any other computers?

Yes, I'm om a wireless network together with a few other computers in the house.

Humes fork · 13th November 2012, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Cuddles

Steam and Guild Wars 2 both occasionally decide I'm signing in from a different computer and make me verify that I'm me. Oddly enough Steam didn't seem to notice when I actually did change ISP, and therefore IP address, just recently. So I'd say it's probably just Facebook getting confused.

I see. But I haven't changed anything recently.

jj · 13th November 2012, 01:24 PM

Or you cookie-cleaned, and facecrook looks for a one-way encrypted cookie on your machine? Dunno.

Humes fork · 17th November 2012, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by jj

Or you cookie-cleaned, and facecrook looks for a one-way encrypted cookie on your machine? Dunno.

But I clean cookies and chache almost every time I'm done with the Internet. Certainly before signing in on Facebook and after finishing my session there. I don't trust them one bit on privacy.

12th November 2012, 01:26 PM	#1
Humes fork Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,359	Was my Facebook account hacked or what? I almost always clean my Firefox cache and cookies when closing, and for Facebook I have activated the mechanism that sends you an e-mail when someone signs into your account (and also asks you to name the machine). So when I signed in on Facebook today, instead of naming the machine I signed in from as usual, I was told that an unidentified machine had (recently, I suppose) signed into my account. The IP of the unidentified machine was the same as my IP, which is rather strange. Still, I responded that I didn't recognize it, and got to change password (about time anyways). After that I was asked to name the machine as usual. I thought maybe they had tightened security and it didn't quite fit with my cookie and cache cleaning habits. So I signed out, cleaned those, and restarted the computer, and signed in again. No mention of any unidentified machine this time, just the usual asking to name the machine I signed in from. So what's up with this? Did someone hack my account, or was it just a Facebook fluke? If some stranger signed into my account, shouldn't Facebook drop me an e-mail about it as it usually does whenever it is signed into? If my account is in danger, why doesn't Facebook send me an e-mail straight away instead of telling me only the next time I sign in?
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12th November 2012, 04:04 PM	#2
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13th November 2012, 05:16 AM	#3
Cuddles Decoy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A magical land full of pink fluffy sheeps and bunnies Posts: 16,591	Steam and Guild Wars 2 both occasionally decide I'm signing in from a different computer and make me verify that I'm me. Oddly enough Steam didn't seem to notice when I actually did change ISP, and therefore IP address, just recently. So I'd say it's probably just Facebook getting confused.
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13th November 2012, 01:05 PM	#4
Humes fork Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,359	Originally Posted by mutile Are you using wireless, or sharing a router with any other computers? Yes, I'm om a wireless network together with a few other computers in the house.
	__________________ "Faith is the surrender of the mind; it’s the surrender of reason, it’s the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It’s our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated." - Christopher Hitchens

13th November 2012, 01:06 PM	#5
Humes fork Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,359	Originally Posted by Cuddles Steam and Guild Wars 2 both occasionally decide I'm signing in from a different computer and make me verify that I'm me. Oddly enough Steam didn't seem to notice when I actually did change ISP, and therefore IP address, just recently. So I'd say it's probably just Facebook getting confused. I see. But I haven't changed anything recently.
	__________________ "Faith is the surrender of the mind; it’s the surrender of reason, it’s the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It’s our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated." - Christopher Hitchens

13th November 2012, 01:24 PM	#6
jj grumpy old skeptic Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Deep in the rain Posts: 18,515	Or you cookie-cleaned, and facecrook looks for a one-way encrypted cookie on your machine? Dunno.
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17th November 2012, 01:52 PM	#7
Humes fork Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,359	Originally Posted by jj Or you cookie-cleaned, and facecrook looks for a one-way encrypted cookie on your machine? Dunno. But I clean cookies and chache almost every time I'm done with the Internet. Certainly before signing in on Facebook and after finishing my session there. I don't trust them one bit on privacy.
	__________________ "Faith is the surrender of the mind; it’s the surrender of reason, it’s the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It’s our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated." - Christopher Hitchens