What exactly the attackers want to achieve with this scam is not yet clear. They may want to blackmail those affected beforehand or afterwards. Damage to reputation could also be a motive. In the past four months, the LKA has identified and processed a mid-three-digit number of such cases.
The police strongly recommend users to set up two-factor authentication (2FA). This can largely prevent third parties from accessing your own account. Anyone who can no longer access their Facebook account may be affected by the phenomenon. One should therefore, because of the suspicion of spying on data, report it.
