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Leela Aheer is seen at the UCP leadership debate in Medicine Hat on July 27, 2022. (Image: United Conservative Party)

UCP leadership candidate’s social media hacked, spokesperson says

Aug 23, 2022 | 3:29 PM

STRATHMORE, AB – A spokesperson for United Conservative Party leadership candidate Leela Aheer says her personal and public social media accounts have been hacked.

Aheer’s campaign manager says the MLA who represents the Chestermere-Strathmore constituency in Alberta is devastated.

The hacker is promoting child exploitation and nudity on her accounts.

Aheer’s team says it is trying to figure out how to retrieve her accounts from the hacker.