Tarryn Wilson sentenced for accessing restricted data

A Northern Rivers woman who erased her ex’s phone data, locked him out of his Facebook, and transferred his car rego to her then reported it stolen said she was just “really good with technology”.

Tarryn Wilson, of Lismore, has been sentenced for accessing restricted data.

A Northern Rivers woman logged into her ex-boyfriend’s social media accounts, changing his bio to “I’m a f–king tosser”, and erasing his phone data after logging into his Gmail account, a court has heard.

Lismore’s Tarryn Wilson, 27, faced Magistrate Michael Dakin at Lismore Local Court on Monday.

Police alleged that between July 4 and July 8 last year, Wilson accessed Service NSW, etax, TikTok, Gmail, Facebook, Optus and MyGov without authorisation.

Wilson logged into her ex boyfriend’s Service NSW account to transfer the registration of his car into her name then reported it stolen, court documents stated.

The court heard Wilson and her former boyfriend Logan Randall were together for about two years before she accessed his accounts without his consent.

Documents tendered to Lismore Local Court reveal Wilson logged into Randall’s Gmail account and remotely erased his phone.

The following morning, she accessed Randall’s Facebook account, adding her phone number to the account and effectively locking him out of his own account.

The court heard Wilson also changed Randall’s TikTok name, and his bio to “I’m a f–king tosser”.

Later, Randall attended Wilson’s address to collect some belongings, police facts state.

He asked Wilson: “How did you factory data reset my phone?”

“I’m just really good at it, I’m good with technology.” she said.

Court documents revealed Wilson restored most of the data on the phone yet there were some apps Randall could not log back into.

The same day, Wilson sent a text message to Randall stating: “How did this happen?”

Lismore Police Station. Picture: File

The court heard Randall had owned a 2004 silver Caprice sedan for 14 months.

Police alleged that on July 8, Randall’s mother received a text message from Wilson showing a screenshot of a Service NSW request to transfer a vehicle registration that had been submitted successfully.

The registration stated on this was for the 2004 silver Caprice sedan and listed Wilson as the owner, with the accompanying text message: “The Caprice has been reported stolen”.

Upon receiving this information, Randall attended Lismore police station and made a statement in relation to the incident, court documents state.

He told police he did not give permission for anyone to access his Service NSW account, nor had he sold his vehicle or transferred the registration to anyone, including Wilson.

Wilson pleaded guilty, was convicted and sentenced to a two-year community correction order with 100 hours’ community service work.