VERIFY often shares information on how to protect personal information online and tips for avoiding scams. Multiple VERIFY readers, including Tara, reached out to ask about chain posts that claim ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- Attorneys general across the country are demanding Meta do something about hackers taking over Facebook and Instagram accounts. The attorneys general say they have become a ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) -- It's happened to yet another Bay Area viewer. An East Bay woman tried to log into her Facebook account only to find a hacker had taken control and was scamming her friends.

A woman says her Facebook page was hacked and used to post a scam advertisement for a used car. She's heard from three people who lost money. The woman says it was difficult getting Facebook to remove ...

It's not always immediately obvious that your Facebook account has been hacked, but there are certain signs. It's one of those heart-sink moments: the suspicion that your Facebook has been hacked.

Susan Balmer says she's been trying to get help from Facebook since April. That's when a hacker started using her account to sell fake Taylor Swift concert tickets. "To know that my account was being ...

For months, Sherri Evans says she's been fighting to regain access to her Facebook account and the many priceless memories locked away with it. The South Jersey woman, like many users, has been ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Something is missing from Jennifer Bleeke's morning routine. That something is Facebook because a scammer locked Bleeke out of her account. "I tried to get in, and it wouldn't let me in ...