Technical Support and Feedback - Facebook hacked after signing up to through DesignHotels Club ad on FT?

Not long ago I saw the ad on FT. I didn't click through directly, but did type in the address manually, had a look at what was on offer and signed up. About 10 minutes later, my FB account had been logged into from Taiwan.

Co-incidence?

Just to add to that, once the 'confirmation' e-mail was sent through, clicking onto that took you back to the signup page, rather than saying confirmation successful etc. Seems a bit dodgy.

I assume this involves a "Platform App" on FB? Anyone who has those enabled on FB is asking for misery.

I assume this involves a "Platform App" on FB? Anyone who has those enabled on FB is asking for misery.

Nope. Through an ad I saw on here, I went to their website and signed up. Once they sent the confirmation e-mail through (which went to club.designhotels.com) it never gave a proper "Your account is now active" spiel. It just kept redirecting to the signup page. Trying to then login using the details I signed up with did the same, it would just redirect to the signup page.

Anyway, as the details were the same as FB, I thought it was a bit odd that 5-10 minutes after a "failed signup" on the above website, my FB account had then been logged into from Taiwan.

Does anyone have details/screenshot of this ad?

nothing to do with FT?

problem is unsecure signup pages?
many, if not most, "clubs" seem to be unsecure these days. :td:

nothing to do with FT?

problem is unsecure signup pages?
many, if not most, "clubs" seem to be unsecure these days. :td:

Yeh. Could have just been a co-incidence, but was very strange timing!

Yeh. Could have just been a co-incidence, but was very strange timing!

again, nothing to do with advertisement or FT...

the unsecure site is the problem.

again, nothing to do with advertisement or FT...

the unsecure site is the problem.
Agree.

Not sure if OP had checked out this site before signing up?

I tried to find out more about this company and "products" but everything seems very "sketchy" to me. They do list a whole bunch of contact numbers/offices in different continents though. However if it were me, that wouldn't be enough to convince me to sign up. YMMV.

Agree.

Not sure if OP had checked out this site before signing up?

I tried to find out more about this company and "products" but everything seems very "scratchy" to me. They do list a whole bunch of contact numbers/offices in different continents though. However if it were me, that wouldn't be enough to convince me to sign up. YMMV.

.. and that was exactly what I was after. Thanks lin821 ^

designhotels is absolutely fine..... reservations page is secure.

again the problem is unsecure forms, which is a problem with TONS of sites nowadays. (gilt and jetsetter for example - why i never signed up)

Just received a dodgy e-mail from them, so looks like there's definitely something amiss with them.

Design Hotels™ Club Membership

Click on the following link to activate your Design Hotels Club Member Account and get immediate access to exclusive hotel rates from 89,- € !

http://club.designhotels.com/signup/confirmationclub/S3qmTh/random.address@gmail.com?invite

Best regards,
The Design Hotels Club
clubrequests@designhotels.com

Just to clarify, the address in the link (which I've now edited out) was some random address (rather than mine), hence it being a dodgy e-mail!