ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Cybersecurity experts estimate that 300,000 Facebook accounts are hacked every single day. It’s one of the most frequent complaints News10NBC Consumer Investigative Reporter Deanna ...

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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.

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Here we go again, folks. It’s not uncommon — especially at this time of year for some reason — to start seeing all kinds of people posting the same thing on Facebook. Something about somehow ...

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 ...