, in the biggest upheaval of international trade in decades.
This was the stamp of authenticity that Ms Deane had long sought. "We were obviously very excited about that," she says.So her employee opened a link to what turned out to be a fake Instagram verification form that requested log-in credentials. She filled it in, divulging the username and password, and shortly afterwards the account was taken over by hackers.
What added to Ms Deane's anguish was that she says she had to fight with Meta to get her account back, which took four months.Initially she filled out the admin dispute form and sent it off, but heard nothing. Multiple emails followed but no action was taken."It's so incredibly frustrating when you're dealing with your account being hacked and there is no-one to talk to," she says. "It's almost traumatising because there is no-one who understands and can help escalate it."
Eventually an email came from Meta, telling her that the case was closed, even though she was still unable to access her page.In the end the matter was finally resolved for Ms Deane because someone in the firm had a contact at Facebook, and the team emailed that person daily for the four months.
"Finally, I think they just needed to get us off their backs and they reinstated the account," says Ms Deane.
According to Jonas Borchgrevink, boss of US-based cyber security firm Hacked.com, Ms Deane is far from a unique case among people with business accounts on Instagram and Facebook."Discuss a meeting point with all members of the family, in the event of any person becoming lost."
As China prepared to celebrate its Golden Week holiday and mark the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic, the ruling Communist Party rolled out a raft of measures aimed at boosting its ailing economy.The plans included help for the country's crisis-hit property industry, support for the stock market, cash handouts for the poor and more government spending.
Shares in mainland China and Hong Kong chalked up record gains after the announcements.But economists warn the policies may not be enough to fix China's economic problems.