Philadelphia City Council Website Hacked Hours After Pa. Primary Election Day
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Officials say PHLCouncil.com was hacked and replaced with new content just one day after Pennsylvania's primary election day.
City Council Communications Director says the website was hacked and replaced with new content around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
http://t.co/TCJe03eIF8 is under maintenance following an online attack and should be up shortly
— PHLCouncil (@PHLCouncil) May 20, 2015
The content added during the hack said in part: "I am Muslim & Islam is my way of Life."
Officials say the service provider was temporarily locked out of the website and was able to get back in about two hours later to delete the new content added during the hack.
http://t.co/TCJe03eIF8 is back up! Use it to keep on top of #PHLCouncil hearings, meetings and initiatives.
— PHLCouncil (@PHLCouncil) May 20, 2015
The website was fully restored at 10:11 a.m.
The communications director says, 'We have no information on who is behind the hacking. The website software has been updated to address vulnerabilities. To be clear, PHLCouncil.com is hosted separately from the City government's website. No City information that would be deemed sensitive was ever compromised or accessed. The Police Department and OIT have been informed and are working with City Council to prevent future attacks.'
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