Christchurch Mayoress Jo Nicholls-Parker’s Facebook page has
been hacked.
The hacker has changed the name and password of
Nicholls-Parker’s page. She has asked police to investigate.
Nicholls-Parker has more than 650 friends on her page, including
several high-profile politicians.
The hacker changed her profile name to Robyn Manning and posted
updates on the page.
In a post on Nicholls-Parker’s page, Mayor Bob Parker told her
Facebook friends to ignore posts from the hacker.
“This is the site of Joanna Nicholls-Parker. It has been hacked.
We are taking action, formal action against this person …
Bob.”
Nicholls-Parker told The Press she had lost control of her page
on Saturday, and could not log in until she got a new password.
“The hacker could be doing all sorts of things on my behalf. I hate
to think what they are.”
Nicholls-Parker said the hack was not an isolated incident, as
her page had been accessed several times before.
She believed she knew who the hacker was and why they were doing
it, but did not want to reveal their name.
“At the moment, it’s with the police, and I’d rather leave it
with them.”
Nicholls-Parker had asked the hacker to stop accessing her page,
but said she had been forced to take action after the latest
incident.
Bob Parker told The Press the hacking was “just a fact of life”,
but needed to be resolved.
“When someone pretends to be you, that’s a reasonably serious
offence.”
He did not think the attack was politically motivated.
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