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Re:Hackers 'looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager' via tr... by cm2012 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @07:28PM (#21820624)
I've heard stories from other ad managers where accounts were hacked and used to advertise foreign dropship jewelery websites. The websites would get free advertising from the hacked account.
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Re:Hackers 'looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager' via tr... by jsonne on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:11PM (#21821707)
I was witness to something like this. Employee of a rather large agency I was consulting on an account with signed into a cyber cafe in a foreign country and got their FB account stolen. For reasons beyond me an agency spending a good 10mm+ a month on Facebook ads didn't have 2fa required for employees and 20k was spent on an a middle eastern dropshipping store overnight before anyone caught it.
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Re:Hackers 'looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager' via tr... by smelendez on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @01:44AM (#21822438)
Isn't an issue with Facebook that personal and professional accounts are often linked?
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Re:Hackers 'looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager' via tr... by dx034 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:54AM (#21822787)
Aren't they always? You need to link it to some account and Facebook doesn't allow creating two personal accounts.
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Re:Hackers 'looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager' via tr... by jsonne on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:38AM (#21825902)
You're correct. It's mandatory to have a personal account to access a business account.
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Re:Hackers 'looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager' via tr... by jsonne on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:38AM (#21825898)
It's required actually.
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Re:Hackers 'looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager' via tr... by kontackt on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:14AM (#21825637)
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