Investigation Is Underway After Aberdeen City Council’s Website Hacked
An investigation is underway after Aberdeen City Council’s website was taken over by hackers last night.
An anonymous group, identifying themselves a Team System Dz, had control of the webpage between 7.20pm and 10pm.
Users visiting site were confronted with the following message:
No reason was given for the hack.
The city council has given assurances that no personal data of residents is held on the website.
An Aberdeen City Council spokesperson said: “We are aware of a security issue which affected the homepage of our website this evening (28 January) between 19.20 and 10pm and are working urgently to investigate the incident.