Since December 27, we have been victims of (apparently Russian) hackers.

On December 27, I indeed posted a message of support for the Ukrainian people on their president’s Instagram account and within two hours, I was attacked by Russian accounts and bots on social media…then…..

• our fan page on FaceBook was hacked despite the 2FA in place
• from there the hackers took over my personal facebook page
• they thus gained control of the FaceBook groups and their fitness videos which they put in hidden mode
• then they gained control of our Meta/FaceBook marketing account
• they started by posting violent, porn and crazy videos on the fan page
• then they created fraudulent ads using our bank account and PayPal account, the information of which was stored in the Facebook marketing account. It cost us a fortune which (normally) should be returned to us quickly.

I discovered all this while I was in the Ecuadorian mountains, doing intense climbs…..and 24 hours before my big ascent of 20,550ft!

Fortunately, we have a direct Facebook contact, which allowed us to get in touch with teams specializing in this field.

Despite our privileged contacts, it took almost 10 days for everything to be back to normal. A lot of stress, I assure you!

It’s finally all back to normal: We regained control of our various pages and groups, of our advertising accounts, we removed violent and porn videos, we put back the correct profile and cover images on the pages, and recovered the hidden videos.

Lesson learned:

• not to post comments using my known name and that can be used against me
• even 2FA can be hacked
• if 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) is not in place, I strongly suggest that you set it up because it is still a good protection in general
• if you see violent videos on my account, please do not imagine that they come from me…I was shocked by certain comments which showed that their authors thought me capable of posting this kind of videos….you should know me by now!

We are moving forward….we are regrouping…and we are off to a good start!

Thank you for your support and happy new year to you!

Valerie Orsoni
Your LeBootCamp Weight Loss & Wellness Coach
Creator of the eco-responsible brand LiliWarrior