According to CNN Tech 286 Facebook groups have been hijacked by having the group names changed to “Control Your Info” in order to point out the flaws and weaknesses in Facebook security.

The hijackers also leave a message on the group board reading “Hello, we hereby announce that we have officially hijacked your Facebook group,” the message reads. “This means we control a certain part of the information about you on Facebook. If we wanted we could make you appear in a bad way which could damage your image severly [sic].”

Control Your Info is a website dedicated to security on social-networking sites.  The website contains guidelines for creating content in social media, connecting with people online, and creating passwords and trusting sites.  The site also has a humorous Top 3 Don’ts page.

Many Twitter users support the actions of Control Your Info to inform people about online security.

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   ahex (Bolton, Undisclosed)Reading about “Control Your Info” groups on Facebook. Excellent way to make a point imo. 10 Nov 2009 from web
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   dwayneWa (Charlotte, NC) @mackenziefarone very interesting! Facebook’s group settings are quite lax…good for Control Your Info to be civil about it 10 Nov 2009 from web in reply to mackenziefarone
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   SimplyH (Amstelveen, Netherlands) RT @Techmeme: Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hacked http://bit.ly/1aFUHG – luckily these were good hackers giving us a warning 10 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   dmagy (Longmont, CO)Protesters hijack more than 200 Facebook groups: http://tinyurl.com/ygej2gg [Sometimes you have to push to get someones attention] 10 Nov 2009 from web
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   gilzow (Undisclosed)RT @SocialMediaSec: RT @raduboncea Facebook Hacked for Real This Time http://j.mp/2eMaAb <- some good points abt security at #facebook 10 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   pennysaverwired (Maryland)Actually the website has some good points about info safety.. Protesters hijack more than 200 Facebook groups – http://bit.ly/129Hya #cnn 10 Nov 2009 from web

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