A POLITICIAN’ S Facebook account fell foul of hackers resulting in links being sent out to her constituents directing them to adult sites.

Aberconwy Assembly Member Janet Finch-Saunders, took to Facebook to address last Thursday’s alert after a number of residents reported receiving the links to pornography sites with the heading ‘this is you, followed by the recipient’s name’.

Mrs Finch-Saunders posted: “It appears that my FB account may have been hacked so I have addressed the issue. My apologies if you have been sent any videos.

“Please do not open and delete immediately.”

Resident Sarah Mackrell was one person who received one of these messages, describing it as “a bit of a shock”.

Ms Mackrell said: “Yes it was a shock and it just shows that getting hacked by a virus can happen to anyone.

“You would think an Assembly Member would have the very best virus protection.

“Who knows if any sensitive information not for the public domain has been compromised.”