I have received a couple of notifications, one from Facebook, saying that there has been a failed attempt to log in which looks suspicious (South America so certainly not me)
The advice is to change my password.
My question is "Why?".
If the log in attempt failed, then my password is presumably not known to the attacker.
What is the logic, then, to change my password?
Cheers
Dave R
Are you *certain* the notification is from facebook?
If not (and especially if it contains a link to click here to change your password) it could be a phish attempt.
It was an alert on my Facebook page, not an email.
Fair enough, I'd probably leave it as is then ...
Excess of caution.
Arse covering by Facebook.
Tim
IF your Facebook password isn't used elsewhere, none whatsoever. If it has been used elsewhere, then its a good idea to change it.
I wonder if some one has bought your compromised passwords and is trying them on commonly used web sites. If you put your e-mail address in here:-
Dave
I use that site, and am reasonably sure that my Facebook email/password are not listed as compromised.
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