There are automated processes to try and retrieve an account whenever a user is locked out, including contacting Meta by phone or email, which is often a fruitless endeavor. Now, its been revealed that Facebook employees took bribes to hijack user accounts.
The Wall Street Journal, quoting sources acquainted with the situation and documents viewed by the outlet, reports that Facebook parent Meta has fired or disciplined over two dozen employees and contractors over the past year who have been suspected of wrongfully hijacking user accounts, in certain instances for bribes.
In several circumstances, the suspects took bribes worth thousands of dollars from outside hackers.
Some of those fired were contractors who worked as security guards stationed at Meta facilities and were given access to the Facebook parent’s internal mechanism for employees to help users having trouble with their accounts, according to the documents and people familiar with the matter.-WSJ
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