'Hackers stole my shop's Instagram account and demanded a €1k ransom'

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A small business owner has told how hackers have hijacked her shop's Instagram account and are holding it to ransom. Cyber criminals sent Sacha Lees, owner of Stylejunky boutique in Sale, messages out of the blue demanding €1,000 to regain access to her account.

Sacha, 52, has spent 10 years building her 26,000 followers and says it's the 'main source' of attracting customers. So when the account suddenly disappeared she said takings 'plummeted'.

She said: "We are a small independent business. Instagram is the main source of getting customers to shop with us and we built up a really solid following.


By Damon Wilkinson.
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