I had the strangest experience on Facebook recently. I logged into my own account and entered the name of a friend into the search bar. Upon hitting enter, I suddenly found myself looking at status updates from people I didn’t know.

My original reaction was ….”who the heck are these people?” Then I realized I was logged in as someone else! I wasn’t logged in as the friend I was looking for either… it was a complete stranger!

I have absolutely no idea as to how I suddenly entered this person’s account, but I did. I was able to view EVERYTHING – their privacy settings, contact information, and more.

What did I do? I logged out immediately and sent an email to Facebook via a copyright infringment form – since it was the only contact form I could find.

What could have happened? If I were the non-ethical type, I could have done some damage in this person’s account.

The lesson. Not all Facebook account hacks are done maliciously. If you find that your account has been compromised, it may have been an accident.