A Wayne County farmer is one of the latest victims of a growing 'attack' on small businesses with hackers stealing their social media pages and using them to post racy photos or even online auctions from overseas.
INDIANAPOLIS—Facebook can be a valuable tool to help businesses communicate with customers and find new clients.An Eastern Indiana farmer reached out to WRTV Investigates Kara Kenney in the hopes of getting her Facebook page back and warning others.The Jones Family Farm is 35 acres in Milton Indiana where they grow corn, green beans, tomatoes, flowers and pumpkins."It gets people here,” said Pamela Jones."That is our only way of communicating with people.
To make matters worse, the hackers are posting picture after picture of half-naked women in suggestive poses.“Oh ugh,” said Pamela. “Yeah, because that’s what is happening on our farm.”“So, it's mostly swimsuit pictures,” said Pamela as she looked at the images. “I'm usually in a dirty t-shirt and overalls looking like a mess!""I could see where it could be extremely damaging by next year if it's not fixed,” said Pamela.
She got what she thought was a notification about a copyright issue from Facebook and clicked on it, not realizing it was a phishing attempt.Pamela Jones has yet to receive a ransom request and said there’s no way she would give them money.Pamela has been unable to reach Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to get her account back.WRTV Investigates reached out to Meta, and got a response from a representative who asked several questions about the Jones Family Farm’s situation.
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