An Undiscovered Facebook Bug Made Me Think I Was Hacked

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 7:59 a.m.

My legs were sticking to the vinyl back seat of a NYC cab when I received the email on a Thursday this July. I was running late to an afternoon dentist appointment, and sending messages on Facebook Messenger. Most of the conversations were for a story I was reporting about a Facebook group for sexual assault survivors, which had been overtaken by abusers.