A suburban small business owner says her Instagram account was hacked, with the thief demanding money from her and her clients, and now she’s warning others in hopes that it doesn’t happen to anyone else.
Danon Christoffers, the owner of a Grayslake business, has thousands of clients, and says that Instagram has played a role in her success.
A few days ago, however, she lost control of her coveted account.
“Thursday morning, I went on the Instagram account, and I was not able to log in,” she said.
She says that after she tried unsuccessfully to create a new password, she learned she’d been hacked.
“When I went to verify, it was a different email address and a different phone number that links were getting sent to,” she said.
Christoffers says that she made contact with the hacker, sending messages via her personal account, and that the thief sent her messages back, demanding payment for access to…
