Woman whose account was hacked sues Facebook

Sylvia O'Mahoney claims her constitutional right to privacy and GDPR rights have been breached.

Facebook accepts that her account was hacked, but says that it moved quickly to restore full control to her, and that all information she had sought concerning the hack had been provided to her. File photo: Pexels

A Dublin woman has brought High Court proceedings against Facebook after a hacker took over and locked her out of her account.

The action has been brought by Sylvia O'Mahoney, who claims she first became aware of the hack in mid-December when her social media contacts started receiving messages from her account that she did not send.