Wednesday, September 16, 2009
My Friendster Account Was Hacked
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Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Two days ago, I was so into Facebook that I want to add more friends in my account. Since I have an existing Friendster account, I tried to login to list the names of my friends. It says though that my password is invalid. Since my passwords are auto saved in my laptop, I am certain that I did not change my password. I went to check my Friendster profile and confirmed that my account was definitely hacked. The hacker even changed my status message. Huwat!
Anyway, I clicked the “Forgot your password” link but I did not receive any email for the password reset. It looked like the hacker changed my email address. I finally emailed Friendster Help Desk and was replied hours after. They asked me to scan a valid ID then to attach it to my email. Hours after, they sent a temporary password that worked. However, when I tried to reset my password I encountered problems. It says that my old password was invalid.
I emailed them again and was surprised that the Customer Service was very arrogant to shout on me on her reply.
Based on Alexa, Friendster has dropped 18% while Facebook earned 24% hits over the past three months. No wonder, Maricor of Friendster is so arrogant.

This post was written by: Mark Ferdinand Tayag
Makoy is a Senior Software Engineer based in Singapore. He enjoys cooking, swimming, running and taking photos. Makoy started blogging way back 1998 during his College years. Aside from his personal blog, he maintains a music blog, an entertainment blog, making money online blog and a photo blog. A certified Filipino blogger that wants to dominate the blogosphere.
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8 Responses to “My Friendster Account Was Hacked”
September 16, 2009 at 1:40 PM
so its ok now?
September 16, 2009 at 1:41 PM
ok now. thanks gonkyouka
September 16, 2009 at 7:08 PM
walang wenta friendster
September 16, 2009 at 7:08 PM
September 17, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Facebook is definitely better
September 19, 2009 at 12:32 AM
just like mine.. why do friendster can't resolve this problem.. i even contacted them to delete my hacked account and they didn't respond to it..
September 19, 2009 at 4:13 PM
scary it is...
o baka mahack ulit nyan, pinost mo password mo dito...[^^,]
buti nmn ok na...
September 23, 2009 at 12:15 AM
I still have my friendster account but inactive. I don't much more there as I am so busy in facebook and playing the virtual farming, farmtown and farmville. Friedster era is gone and facebook is IN today.
What a shame that the she replied you in a nasty way. Sorry to know that somebody is hacking your account.
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