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BREAKING: The Kmart Pie Maker CRISIS that all of Australia is talking about

Get all the details here - by Nikki Black
  • 03 Apr 2019

It’s a much-loved Facebook group followed by thousands of Aussie Kmart Pie Maker fans - and overnight it was plunged into crisis that kept some members awake and brought others close to tears. 

Nearly 100k followers at the Kmart Pie Maker Recipes, Tips and Ideas Australia were shocked this morning to head into the page - only to find that it had been ‘hacked’ during the night and all the admin staff ‘kicked from the group’.

BREAKING: The Kmart Pie Maker CRISIS that all of Australia is talking about

The hugely-popular Facebook group had been archived - meaning no followers could post or add new content - with a random person named ‘Sam Ahsan’ taking control and changing the cover pic to a meme of their name. 

Alerting members to the shocking turn of events, Facebook sent out a message stating: ‘This group has been archived. An admin archived this group on 2 April 2019. You can’t create posts, like, comment or add more members, but you can still view all posts.’

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Members were shocked to see this message.

Image: Kmart Pie Maker Recipes, Tips and Ideas Australia/Facebook

The apparent hostile takeover of the group left followers shocked - with many taking to an existing posts to try and work out what was going on when the warning bells first started ringing. 

Said one: ‘I am now concerned about the group, these ARE NOT the Admins from 3 days ago.’

The same member later added: ‘The former admins have now been kicked from the group.’

After a tense 12 hours, it seems the crisis had been sorted with the original admin staff finally winning back control of their page. 

Says admin staffer Nat: ‘Thank you for your patience, after a couple of long hours I can assure you that we are back to normal, Lisa and I would like to thank you for sticking around and for those who reported the admin who took over for a minute.

‘Thank you all for the love and keep posting your wonderful pie creations.’

She added: ‘To quickly explain Facebook has sent an email stating our accounts were deactivated in error, whilst all Admins accounts were deactivated in error some random swooped in and took over and archived the group (for who knows what reason).’

The news was met with a big sigh of relief from followers who couldn’t believe the brazen takeover attempt by the random follower. 

Said one: ‘Thank god. I was awake during the night and saw what happened. Welcome back.’

Said another: ‘Wow, saw it unfold late last night here in Perth! Soooo glad admin got control back. Thank you for your efforts. I love this group!’

Added one more: ‘I saw that this morning and wanted to cry. So glad you’re back up and running.’

Nikki Black
Nikki Black
Nikki is obsessed with all things celebrity and dreams she is a long-lost Kardashian. You'll find her binging Netflix's latest 'must-watch' show with a jar of Nutella by her side.

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