Facebook Hacking
“HACKING ADDICTIONS”
An Undergraduate Thesis
Presented to the Department of CS/IT
Of ABE International Business College
Lucena City
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements
For the Degree
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
By:
Vela, Merry Grace B.
Palillo, Raniel
Matabang, Carlos Pocholo
Date
Febuary 2013
ABSTRACT
Title :Facebook Hacking
Proponent :Vela, Merry Grace B. Palillo, Raniel Matabang, Carlos Pocholo
Type of Document :Thesis
Name of Institution : ABE International Business College Lucena
Degree Conferred :Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Year Completed : 2013
Facebook has grown to become a massive social networking website. With numerous users,
Facebook is an ideal source of information of hackers. In this analysis and expose ' of Facebook
hackers, security, ethical, and legal issues have arisen. The resources for hackers to penetrate
Facebook has grown exponentially, where Malware and unsecure emails are capable of stealing a
user 's entire personal profile. The security of users is lost, causing users to lose not only personal
information but also can result in financial theft. The ethical argument of Facebook hacking was
debated, where Facebook hacking could be considered ethical because hacking would show the
company the weaknesses of Facebook security, but can also be argued as unethical and illegal
because it infringes on the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act. With many
vulnerabilities in Facebook security, users use anti-virus and anti-spyware software to defend
themselves from Facebook hackers.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
An Undergraduate Thesis
Presented to the Department of CS/IT
Of ABE International Business College
Lucena City
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements
For the Degree
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
By:
Vela, Merry Grace B.
Palillo, Raniel
Matabang, Carlos Pocholo
Date
Febuary 2013
ABSTRACT
Title :Facebook Hacking
Proponent :Vela, Merry Grace B. Palillo, Raniel Matabang, Carlos Pocholo
Type of Document :Thesis
Name of Institution : ABE International Business College Lucena
Degree Conferred :Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Year Completed : 2013
Facebook has grown to become a massive social networking website. With numerous users,
Facebook is an ideal source of information of hackers. In this analysis and expose ' of Facebook
hackers, security, ethical, and legal issues have arisen. The resources for hackers to penetrate
Facebook has grown exponentially, where Malware and unsecure emails are capable of stealing a
user 's entire personal profile. The security of users is lost, causing users to lose not only personal
information but also can result in financial theft. The ethical argument of Facebook hacking was
debated, where Facebook hacking could be considered ethical because hacking would show the
company the weaknesses of Facebook security, but can also be argued as unethical and illegal
because it infringes on the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act. With many
vulnerabilities in Facebook security, users use anti-virus and anti-spyware software to defend
themselves from Facebook hackers.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
Bibliography: coworkers, Facebook has become an ideal medium. Today, Facebook has 955 million users (Associated Press, 2012) having his or her personal information stolen by hackers. Hackers can be identified as numerous things, each with special skills (Sergey, Anna & Michael, 2010) Background of the Study 955 million people use Facebook today (Associated Press, 2012) networking website where users are able to put up their emails, pictures, home and work addresses, cell phone numbers, and relationship statuses (Bumgarner, 2007) Facebook log in” than it is to actually type out one’s email account and password (Facebook, 2012). personal information through scams (Sukhai, 2012). By law, cybercrime is: “attaining unauthorized access, damaging someone else’s data or programs, sabotage to hinder the function of a computer system or network, unauthorized interception of data to, from and within a system or network, and computer espionage“ (Sukhai, 2012) is breaking the law (Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act, 1998). Hackers purposefully break the Identity Theft and assumption Deterrence Act for personal gains.