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27th Jan 2016

Sinn Féin councillor’s Twitter account is hacked by three absolute messers

Paul Moore

Time for heroes.

Patriotism is sweeping through Ireland this year with the 1916 centenary – to be fair, the majority of us have always been proud of to be Irish but 2016 is unique –  and while we’re expecting a host of politicians to be active on social media during the next few months, they might want to take extra care when leaving their account open.

Sinn Féin Councillor Noeleen Reilly is the most recent voice of experience on this topic after two absolute chancers discovered that her Twitter account was left open. Here’s what they did.

Selfie

In case you had any doubts, Reilly cleared up the matter.

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