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We break a New Orleans bar out of Facebook jail

Hillary Hanning stands behind the bar of The Little House, the Algiers Point neighborhood restaurant she owns and operates in New Orleans, on January 20, 2025.
Stephan Bisaha
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Hillary Hanning stands behind the bar of The Little House, the Algiers Point neighborhood restaurant she owns and operates in New Orleans, on January 20, 2025.

Major hacks at big companies like Sony and Equifax often get plenty of attention. But small businesses fall victim to cyber attacks, too — about four times as often as larger organizations, according to a report from Verizon.

For this week's episode, we go to a New Orleans neighborhood bar that lost about $10,000 because of scammers, along with losing access to her Facebook and Meta accounts — which helped drive a large part of its business. We also talk about how we helped get those accounts back.

This episode is hosted and written by economic mobility reporter Stephan Bisaha. The podcast was produced by Kat Stromquist, Drew Hawkins, Orlando Flores Jr. and Ryan Vasquez. Joseph King is our social producer. Nellie Beckett is our audience engagement producer. Our theme music is by DJ Supreme.

To get in touch with the team, email connect@gulfstatesnewsroom.org.

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