My Facebook account was hacked.

[Deirdre]

I've changed my password and made a new account. Is there anything else I need to do?

[TerrorDæmonum]

I?ve changed my password and made a new account. Is there anything else I need to do?

Remove all personal information and close and delete everything and never use Facebook. But if you must...

I'd advise doing whatever Facebook advises on that. But keep in mind that it was highly unlikely to be a "hack". Facebook is a surveillance for profit platform. The most likely way to have one's account compromised is to have a poor password or have one's data in a leak somewhere. This is the low hanging fruit of the Internet security world.

So, do not reuse passwords, use passwords that are difficult for computers to guess, and be sure to have control over the devices you use. Most people do not do that and are the ones most likely to suffer "hacks". Of course, if one was specifically targeted, that is another story, but that is not how it usually happens, and when it does, it is by those who somehow gain access to one's credentials more directly.

[Melkor]

I've changed my password and made a new account. Is there anything else I need to do?

Get off FB, it's garbage. I'm so glad I never joined any social media like FB, Twitter and Instagram. And I never will.

And yes, Paenito, I'm aware this forum is a form of social media.

[Jacob]

I've changed my password and made a new account. Is there anything else I need to do?

Describe the symptoms?

I have found people aren't actually hacked.  Someone simply sets up a parallel account using public info and pictures and sends friend requests to your friends to gain access to them.  The perp doesn't actually do anything to your account.

If this is the case, just make everything friends only.

[Deirdre]

This has been resolved.