A DUP councillor has said the social media account of a bar she owns was ‘hacked’ after the account itself made a comment celebrating the damage done to homes and businesses during devastating floods in Newry.
The comment posted by an account with the name ‘Blackwater Bar’ under the video said: “Good enough for Newry and everyone in it.”
The DUP councillor said she had no knowledge that the comment had been posted and that the account was ‘definitely hacked’.
The DUP Cllr said:
“That wasn’t me and that’s not us at all.”
“I’m actually shocked to hear what you are saying, I wouldn’t think for one minute that any one of us would make a comment like that.
“The account must have been hacked, we will have to change our passwords immediately, but this has not come from us.”
She added that the comment was ‘deplorable’.
“My business account was hacked last night and a deplorable comment was made by an unknown person. We have taken steps to ensure this does not happen again.
“We wish to dissociate ourselves from this comment completely.
“Our thoughts are with residents and business owners across Northern Ireland who are struggling to deal with the reality of flood damage.”
The comment has since been deleted under the post.
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