Twenty-three-year-old Bree Kotomah almost gave up on a burgeoning career in fashion design when hackers compromised her business's Instagram account in November 2018.
Ms Kotomah, whose business Boresa Kotomah is based in London, had not studied fashion. She taught herself to sew and began designing clothes in 2018. Ms Kotomah would invoice her customers using PayPal and mobile app Invoice2go, and her reputation grew by word of mouth and through shares of her outfits on Instagram and Twitter."I woke up one morning and my account was deleted. I received an email from Instagram saying I had violated some terms and I had done certain things that I know I didn't do," she said.
In January she set up a second Instagram profile, and eight months later she has been awarded the Young Freelancer of the Year award by the IPSE. "It was awful, absolutely awful. Seven weeks of stress when they could have just closed that page down instantly. Plus, people had lost trust in me," she told the BBC.
Haha
Got a nice pic out of it though.
They cannot hack your account, if you use a secure password. 🙄🙄🙄
Four words love ... - real - a - job - get Rearrange as required. You’ll have plenty of time to work it out.
Anyone who bases their business on instagram should not be in business
thotDrama
Instagram insurance!
Get a real job
This might help anyone now worrying. Use 2FA When available.
Northern Ireland is an independent country
If people must base their businesses on a program like this they shouldn't be in business at all.
Support the independent establishment of Northern Ireland
2-step verification.
How is this news?
immamwende98 : fashion design news.
It wasn't hacked..Her password was guessed. Not the same.
Too cheap to have ya own website
Pick a better password.