Today im going to show you guys how easy it is to Steal A Facebook Group. remember, this is for Educational Purposes Only and will include social engineering. Social engineering is an attack vector that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking normal security procedures. This attack took about 7 hrs to accomplish.
How I Took Over a Facebook Group Using Social Engineering
- Identifying the Target Group
Choose a Facebook group with 11,000 members.
Identified the three admins (a boy, a girl, and a man).
Decided to target the most vulnerable admin (the boy).
- Understanding Social Engineering
Definition: A technique that exploits human interaction to bypass security measures.
Goal: Trick the admin into voluntarily removing themselves and adding me as admin.
- Creating a Fake Profile
Impersonated the female admin (who was inactive).
Messaged the target admin, pretending my account was hacked.
Claimed I needed urgent removal of my old admin account and addition of my new account.
- Gaining the Admin’s Trust
Told him my old account was hacked and was being used to post inappropriate content.
Played on his sympathy by saying I was worried about my reputation.
Limited communication to avoid suspicion (only spoke to the target).
- Exploiting the Admin’s Actions
The admin believed my story and removed my fake old account.
He added my new account as an admin.
He even offered to help recover my ‘hacked’ account.
- Taking Over the Group
Once added, I immediately removed all other admins.
The admin was unaware that he had been removed.
Now, I fully controlled the group.
- Final Steps & Reflection
Suggested ways to stay hidden as the new owner (e.g., adding more moderators).
Acknowledged that this is against Facebook’s terms.
Mentioned possibly returning the group later since it wasn’t of personal use.
