Cyber Security Guidelines for Facebook Hacked Pages


Cyber Security Guidelines for Facebook Hacked Pages
By
S J Tubrazy – Cybersecurity Lawyer




Facebook pages being valuable online assets are always vulnerable by hackers. Facebook provides security measures for business pages which are different from Facebook profile accounts.  Facebook assign users complete controller on their pages. Users can add admins, editor, moderator, advertiser and analysts without any intervention in the discretion of owner of page. Page owners after recover of hacked Facebook page may improve security measures by following instructions.
1. Question: What page owner should do after recovery of hacked Facebook page?
Answer:  As soon as you recovered your Facebook hacked page, review all page settings including business manager and ad account, if there is hacker account leave it (on leave icon) or remove it.
2. Question: Whether there should be more page admins to safe page from hacked?
Answer: Yes, there should be more Facebook page admins than one; make sure that you have always more than one Facebook page admin. In case you are sole admin and your Facebook account has been blocked, you can lose control over your page.
3. Question: Explain the control level rights of Facebook pages?
Answer:  Control the level of rights may mean, for example, your support person doesn’t need publishing rights and colleague from the Business Intelligence department will be perfectly fine with only analytical rights.
4. Question: How is it important to update Facebook page role section?
Answer:  Update section page roles regularly. You might forget that you once gave page access to a graphic designer to upload a new cover image, or that your community manager who has left the company six months ago still has access to your page. Make sure that your Facebook page managers are always up-to-date.
5. Question: Whether every page admin or role should educate about Facebook page security?
Answer: Educate your staff members about secured login into their personal accounts. At the end of the day they use their profile to access your Facebook page.
6. Question: Whether third party application helps to control Facebook page?
Answer: If you cooperate with an agency or freelancers, use third party applications to moderate Facebook conversations. In this way no one will have direct access to your Facebook page and you can better control every kind of content is being published on your behalf.
7. Question: Is two factor authentication is strong tool for Facebook pages?
Answer: Yes, two factor authentications is strong tool for Facebook accounts and Facebook pages. It saves and helps Facebook page from any unauthorized access.
8. Whether to give Facebook page access to someone is dangerous?
Answer:  Don’t give access of Facebook page to anyone except, trustworthy person with whom you have pre-settled arrangements on specific terms.
9. Question: Should all posts and contents uploaded by hackers be removed instantly after recovery of Facebook hacked page?
Answer: Yes, all posts and contents even other changes done by hacker should be fixed slowly not instantly, better you take 24 hours to done this. Facebook page name setting s changed by hackers may take three days or time to change with previous original.
10. Question: Whether after recovery of hacked Facebook page, does it recover completely?  
Answer: Yes, often Facebook hacked page is recovered but sometime after recover of page, page may be under observation of Facebook security team, it is better to wait 3/5 days for restoration of all features. 


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