Hackers Show How To Hack Anyone’s Facebook Account Just By Knowing Phone Number

How To Facebook Account By Knowing Phone Number:

• This flaw affects all Facebook users who have associated a phone number with their Facebook accounts.
• In the demonstration video, the security researchers show that as the first step of the hack, the attacker needs to click on the “Forgot account?” button on Facebook.com website’s homepage.
• By exploiting the SS7 flaw, the hacker is able to divert the OTP message from Facebook to his/her own computer and use it to login to the victim’s Facebook.
• The researchers list some measures that a user can take to secure his/her Facebook account. They advise people to avoid adding their phone numbers to public services and rely on email for recovery purposes. The users are also advised to use 2- factor authentication methods that don’t use SMS texts for sending OTP.