Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit the company credit card

Re:Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit t... by jokoon on Friday August 20, 2021 @04:04PM (#28250770)

I think they are at a point where they would rather side with a scammer since they generate more money from this situation.

I guess they have data that shows this particular kind of user will almost never buy ads ever again, so at least let a scammer do it.

You're right, this is weird, but if you look at the profit model, it makes sense, and there are no laws that would really protect the user.

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Re:Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit t... by OneLeggedCat on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:54PM (#28252308)

Exactly. From the article, "Personally, I think it’s very telling that Facebook acts so swiftly to block out the original user who can stop an ad scam, and so slowly to stop a scam ad that they can still bill for."

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Re:Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit t... by jokethrowaway on Friday August 20, 2021 @04:20PM (#28250943)

Those transactions are likely to be reversed thanks to the practically unlimited chargebacks practice which is rampant in our banking system.

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Re:Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit t... by nijave on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:42PM (#28252213)

Sure but then the question is "Should we leave an account with history of compromise in place that will lead to chargebacks or should we just permanently disable it"

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