In the recent notification posted to the official Facebook Security page, the company says it will begin informing users if their account "has been targeted or compromised by an attacker suspected of working on behalf of a nation-state." See what the notification looks like on the desktop version of the Facebook website;
"While we have always taken steps to secure accounts that we believe to have been compromised, we decided to show this additional warning if we have a strong suspicion that an attack could be government-sponsored," Facebook's chief security officer, Alex Stamos, wrote. "We do this because these types of attacks tend to be more advanced and dangerous than others, and we strongly encourage affected people to take the actions necessary to secure all of their online accounts."
In reference to the statement on the security page, the warning does not relate to any compromise of Facebook's platform or systems; so users should ensure that their computers or mobile devices are remediated and malwares cleared off having an account compromised in this manner.
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