How to Hack a Facebook Account Just by Knowing Their Phone Numbers

Using this technique a hacker can hack your Social media account, bank account or any online account. This technique is old but don't get mistaken that this technique can't be used to hack any of your online accounts.

A real-world SS7 attack has been spotted this month when some unknown hackers exploited a design flaw in SS7 (Signaling System 7) to drain victim's bank accounts. 

Facebook hacking is one of the biggest searched query's on the internet today. From a simple article to a YouTube video on How to Hack Facebook. But it's hard to find the real and working techniques for hacking a Facebook account, but researchers have just proved by taking control of a Facebook account with a target phone number and some hacking skills.

Of course, your Facebook account can be hacked, no matter how strong your password or how many additional security measures you have taken.

Hacker who are having skills to exploit SS7 network can hack your Facebook account by just using your Phone number.


The flaw or Vulnerabilities in the part of Global Telecom Network SS7 have not only allowed hackers and detective agencies to listen to private phone calls and block potential SMS on potentially large scale, but have also take control over your social media accounts for whom you have your phone The number provided.   

SS7 or Signaling System Number 7 is a telephony signal protocol used by more than 800 telecommunication operators across the globe to exchange information with each other, enabling cross-carrier billing, enabling roaming, and other features.

There is an issue with SS7 network that it trusts text messages sent over it regardless of their origin. So, hackers could trick SS7 into diverting text messages as well as calls to their own devices.

They Just need targets phone number and some details of targets device.


According to Forbes, The researchers from Positive Technologies, who recently showed how they could hijack WhatsApp and Telegram accounts, now gave the demonstration of the Facebook hack using similar tricks.

Here's How to Hack Any Facebook Account:

First of all the attacker needs to click on the "Forgot password?" link on the facebook.com home page and then he will be asked for a phone number or email address to the target account, the legitimate phone number. 

The then exploit the flaw SS7 and diverts the SMS containing a one-time passcode (OTP) to their own computer or phone, and can login to the target’s Facebook account.

This issues affects all the Facebook users who have registered a phone number on Facebook and have authorized Facebook texts (Messages).

Not only Facebook, websites that uses SMS to verify its user accounts like Gmail and Twitter has left open doors for hackers to target its users.

How to Protect Yourself from this:

Do not link your phone number to social media sites, rather rely solely on emails to recover your Facebook or other social media accounts.

Use communication apps that offer "end-to-end encryption" to encrypt your data before it leaves your smartphone over your phone's standard calling feature.  


This issue is nothing to do with Facebook or other websites security, it is the weakness in the telecom network.


According to a Facebook spokesperson,

Because this technique [SSL exploitation] requires significant technical and financial investment, it is a very low risk for most people,

So, turning on your two-factor authentication in your FB security settings will disable recovery via SMS on your account so even if someone has your phone number, they'll still need your password to access your account.


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