How to hack the VC page?
Every year, social networks are increasinglymore attract the attention of scammers. They try to hack pages for a certain benefit: material or moral. When creating a page in VKontakte, it is necessary to know how hackers can hack the VC page and get confidential information.
Hacking Page
It should be noted that for unlawful access to other people's information there is a criminal liability, prescribed in Article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
To hack pages into VC, attackers can use various methods:
- receiving the information;
- password selection;
- message from a friend or administration;
- visit;
- registration on the site;
- programs for hacking;
- Email;
- forged page;
- access to the phone.
Receiving the information
Very often get your login informationthe scammers are easy. They can add to you as friends and try to get into the confidence and in the course of the conversation find out all the necessary information. Therefore, when adding a stranger, be careful and do not give confidential information to anyone.
Choose a password
Very often users of social networks inThe password is based on the date of birth, name or even nickname of the animal. It is worth noting that this information is presented on your page, so attackers can very easily use it and easily get to your page.
Message from a friend or administration
If you receive a message from a friend or from a personthe administration of the site, in which you are asked to indicate the login and password for entering the site. Remember: scammers ask you to do this! For verification, you can always call a friend and ask why he needs this information and whether he sent you a message. The VKontakte administration never asks for personal data, and the distribution of any information occurs via electronic mailboxes.
Visit
If you are visiting someone (especially if they are unfamiliar people), never go to your page, because your data can be saved, and another person can use them.
registration on the site
Psychologists have long noticed that people are used togive the same data in different situations. Therefore, they use the same data for registration on different sites. This is what scammers use. They ask users to register on third-party sites in the hope of obtaining the necessary information. Then enter the login and password to enter the VC. Therefore, if you received a letter requesting to register on a site, simply ignore it or enter other registration data that will differ from the data in the VC.
Software for hacking
Recently widespreadreceived a program for hacking accounts in social networks. It is worth noting that most of these programs contain viruses, and by downloading them, you infect your computer and can lose important data. Before you start downloading such a program, you need to think about the consequences. Examples of programs can be found on the site crag.pp.ua.
If the page has been registered on the postalbox, and it is obsolete, therefore, you can register one more page on it. Attackers can send a letter to the administration of the social network with a request to restore your data. But this method is ineffective, so it is very difficult to find out the mailbox on which the page was registered.
False page
This method works on inexperienced andinattentive users of VKontakte. They can receive a letter with a link to an interesting page, video or game, and of course, without suspecting anything, they will follow the link. And to get the right information they will be asked to re-enter their registration data. So scammers get all the information they need. It is worth noting that the re-entry to the site to view photos and videos does not exist.
Access to the phone
Recently, all accounts in social networkstie to the phone number, with which you can log on to the network, delete or restore your account. If you lost the phone, it is better to immediately change the VC password and bind the data to another number.
For more information about hacking the page, see How to hack a page in Contact.
If you want your data to be protected, follow the recommendations described above and use the information in the How to Protect the Page.
