{"id":1414,"date":"2023-10-12T13:26:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:50:24","slug":"account-hacked-is-facebook-worth-your-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/account-hacked-is-facebook-worth-your-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Account Hacked: Is Facebook Worth Your Trust?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>This past July 18, Les Affaires published an article relating the unfortunate experience of Francois Lambert who, after being hacked, lost control of his Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Fran\u00e7ois Lambert\u2019s business strategy was primarily dependent on social media. \u201cIt has a major impact. You can easily lose 75% of your revenue,\u201d the businessman told Les Affaires.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, it was Parc Safari\u2019s turn to lose control of their page. On August 7, the park posted this announcement on the landing page of their website:<\/p>\n<\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.70;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"reading-box-additional\">\n<p>August 7, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Parc Safari\u2019s Facebook page has been hacked.<br \/>\nThe most recent posts are not ours, we cannot remove them and no longer have access to private messages.<br \/>\nFacebook Technical Services has been contacted and should fix the situation, but we don\u2019t have a timeline for the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>For any questions, you can write to us on Instagram or Threads, or call 450-247-2727<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>As of today, it appears that Parc Safari has still not managed to regain control of their page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These situations are becoming more and more frequent<\/strong>, explains Fran\u00e7ois Charron, expert and web columnist, in another article in Les Affaires from July 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s happening more and more. If we made a graph, we\u2019d see an arrow going up, up, up? Why? Because identity theft is incredibly lucrative,\u201d explains Mr. Charron quite simply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And what does Facebook do in these cases?<\/strong> Fran\u00e7ois Lambert has questions about that. \u201cYou can\u2019t count on Facebook\u2019s support. It makes no sense that I\u2019ve sent 45 e-mails and have 15 open tickets. I\u2019m trying to understand, but I just can\u2019t. It makes no sense to see ads running on my page right now. There\u2019s no logic to it and Facebook just lets them run.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Francois Lambert\u2019s company, Parc Safari and most other companies, <strong>you certainly invest a great deal of time and money into your social media. Even if it\u2019s an excellent way to reach your audience, it\u2019s dangerous to count on it for everything.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why?<\/strong> For this simple reason:\u00a0<strong>you don\u2019t have complete control over it and when you lose it, you lose everything.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What&#8217;s the solution?<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>At allsales.ca, social media is of course included in our range of communication methods. However, we quickly realized that it would be better not to put all our eggs in one basket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019ve put in place a strategy that includes a mix of various communication channels.<\/strong> These are tools over which we have 100% control, like our newsletter and blogs. We also establish partnerships with local companies.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How can you be sure to stay in control of your communication channels?<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><h4>1. Put best practices in place to prevent your Facebook page from being hacked.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure that all the people who have access to the Business Page have secured their Facebook account with a complex password and two-factor authentication.<\/li>\n<li>Regularly examine the page\u2019s roles and authorizations.<\/li>\n<li>Sensitize your employees to not accept friend requests from people they don\u2019t know and to be careful of suspicious links and malware.<\/li>\n<li>Set up Trusted Contacts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><h4>2. Review your communication and sales strategy.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Put in place other communication and sales tools that you have 100% control over, like e-mail campaigns or a blog.<\/li>\n<li>Intentionally choose multiple communication channels: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, ads on Quebec sites, ads on search engines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Even more control over your ads with allsales.ca<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><h4>Our advertiser platform allows you to have complete control over your ad!<\/h4>\n<p>You can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create your own ad campaign and increase visibility depending on your budget,<\/li>\n<li>See the results of your campaign in real time,<\/li>\n<li>Communicate with us at any time,<\/li>\n<li>Build your own mailing list with our new e-mail notification system. With each new campaign, users who follow your sale will receive an e-mail notification about your sale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper fusion-aligncenter\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-1 {border-radius:2px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/advertise-with-us\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Take control of your advertising now!<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/news\/tips-to-keep-your-facebook-account-and-business-page-secure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips to Keep Your Facebook Account and Business Page Secure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesaffaires.com\/techno\/internet\/francois-lambert-victime-dune-attaque-informatique-sur-facebook\/642461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran\u00e7ois Lambert victime d\u2019une attaque informatique sur Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesaffaires.com\/techno\/internet\/ton-compte-facebook-a-ete-pirate-allume-un-cierge\/642463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ton compte Facebook a \u00e9t\u00e9 pirat\u00e9? \u00abAllume un cierge\u00bb.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1432,"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions\/1432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsales.ca\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}