Cybercriminals have hijacked the Facebook account of Tayside’s most sensible golfer, Carly Booth.
The braous hackers seek to use their profile on social media, and their 200,000 fans, to hold auctions, promoting “healing” and “precious” prayer accounts.
A consultation on Monday night, supposedly organized by the “master of praise” H-seyin U’aar, lasted more than two hours.
Carly, from Comrie, Perthshire, informed his enthusiasts on Twitter.
“Hi everyone, know that my Facebook page and fan page have been hacked,” he wrote, urging fans to report the issue.
The hackers, believed to be from southern Turkey, appear to have deleted all of Carly’s photos and videos and replaced the symbol of his profile with that of a bearded guy dressed in sunglasses. The page was flooded with photographs of pearls.
However, it is still indexed as “Carly Booth’s official Facebook profile” and the main points of his long career remained until Tuesday morning.
The hacked page promises a “live auction both one and both days from 1 p.m. (sic) to 8:30 p.m. of the week” with “special products, campaigns and sweepstakes” and “free shipping”.
This is not the first time Carly has been attacked by hackers. In 2017, they stole their iCloud garage service and leaked non-public photos on the Internet.
Twice ladies European Tour winner Carly spoke about the BBC’s The Cut podcast in 2018.
“It’s terribly terrible to be honest, because the non-public shots of old boyfriends and everything that was done on the Internet,” he said. “It’s very non-public. It’s a terrible feeling and it charges me for over a year.”
Carly, a former Glenalmond College student, also said he contacted other people posing as celebrities on social media, adding to one claiming to be boxer Anthony Joshua.
“Whether the same user does, there have been text messages from other people posing as Simon Cowell or Floyd Mayweather or just other athletes or celebrities, so it’s something that’s happening.
“I know how to block the number.”
Carly, who simply can’t be contacted to comment on the latest hack, told The Cut that there are more measures to protect others from trolls and social media abuse.
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