Facebook Launches New Tools To Combat Compromised Accounts

This afternoon Facebook released new tools to help those individuals that have had their Facebook accounts compromised by spammers and hackers. In order to protect those users, Facebook has added a new tool that lets users regain control of their accounts. I currently receive at least 50 emails a day from people who have had their account disabled for one reason or another, many of which are the result of spammers or hackers.

According to Facebook:

We’ve spent the last few months improving the way to guide people through the process of regaining access to their account after it’s been compromised and used to send spam.

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