Even befriending your Facebook hacker doesn’t work

When all attempts to regain access to her account failed, retired journalist Anna Cox opened a new account and sent her former account a friend request

10 March 2024 - 21:05

When her Facebook account was hacked five weeks ago, retired journalist Anna Cox created a new account and struck up a friendship of sorts with the scammer...

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