Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Facebook founder Mark Zukerberg's accounts hacked : 10 tips for strong password

Founder of world top social media networking site Facebook these days must himself should be revising the technique to make strong password. According to engadget, Mark's Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Twitter account has been hacked by group of hackers known as OurMine Team.  
       



The hack list does not included his Facebook account. Apart from handling Facebook account Mark is active on other social media sites as well. Mark easy password help hacker to grab his account. The hacker later twitted from Mark's account and their own account. Ourmine team twitter account is then deactivated by twitter then Ourmine team twits from another accounts.

As of now the accounts are recovered and most of the twits are deleted. 

It is always recommended to use strong password so no one can hack your account. Earlier is reported that number of LinkedIn password were posted publicly by hacker's group.

Below the list of tricks keep your password strong. 


1.) Never use your name, date of birth, username as password


2.) Password should be atleast 8 character long


3.) Use combination of capital letters, small letters, symbol and numbers


4.) Use unique password for each of your account


5.) Never use running combination like 123, 789, asd, zxc, qwe, abcd


6.) Password backup options should be up to date so that you can easily recover password


7.) Avoid using dictionary word


8.) Change password once in a week, if not possible must change in a month


9.) Never disclose you password to anyone


10.) Never write your password at easy approachable place

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