

On your computer, go to Facebook settings, click Timeline and Tagging in the left-hand pane and next to ‘Review what other people see in your Timeline’ click View As. How did they clone your account? Probably because you gave too much information away to complete strangers. They’ve merely created a new account in your name, by scraping information you’ve made public on your Facebook profile. But if your friends are suddenly being plagued with Facebook Messenger messages from an account bearing your name and your photo, it’s unlikely the attackers have stolen your password and broken into your account. ‘Hacked’ has become something of a catch-all term in the mainstream media, used as a shorthand for any kind of computer attack. Chances are your Facebook account hasn’t been ‘hacked’, it’s been cloned.
