Sons facebook been hacked what should I do

sennypijama

spud17 wrote: »

So, chances are it's not been hacked at all? Just another case of poor password security.

Still a crime under the Computer Misuse Act.

I would phone the local police station (not 999), explain what has happened, and ask them to have a word with her.

If they say it's a civil matter, mention the Computer Misuse Act 1990:

Unauthorised access to computer material.

(1)A person is guilty of an offence if—

(a)he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer [or to enable any such access to be secured] ;

(b)the access he intends to secure [, or to enable to be secured,] is unauthorised; and

(c)he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case.

(2)The intent a person has to have to commit an offence under this section need not be directed at—

(a)any particular program or data;

(b)a program or data of any particular kind; or

(c)a program or data held in any particular computer.


(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

(a)on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

(b)on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

(c)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.]

Charnic

Thanks everyone for all your help, he is off work today, so hopefully we can try and sort it out with your advice

Pikeyp

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Get him to sign up again in a new account, go through the friends list on the old account and re-add people with the message that his ex has changed his password and blah blah blah... and ask people to unfriend him on that account.
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That's the best way to sort these things out .. my friends daughter had the same problem ... once all your son's friends know whats going on word will soon get round and she'll soon pack up!

spud17

@sennypijamma, where do I say it's not a crime? It's not been hacked, someone has used his password.

sennypijama

spud17 wrote: »

@sennypijamma, where do I say it's not a crime? It's not been hacked, someone has used his password.

I didn't say that you had said that it was not a crime.

Try to be a little less paranoid.