{"id":15083,"date":"2019-07-20T05:48:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T09:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=15083"},"modified":"2019-07-20T05:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T09:48:08","slug":"met-police-hacked-with-bizarre-tweets-and-emails-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/07\/20\/met-police-hacked-with-bizarre-tweets-and-emails-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Police hacked with bizarre tweets and emails posted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Metropolitan Police’s website has been hit by hackers who posted a series of bizarre messages.<\/p>\n

A series of tweets were also sent from the force’s verified account, which has more than a million followers, including one about rapper Digga D.<\/p>\n

A stream of unusual emails were also sent from the force’s press bureau at about 23:30 BST on Friday.<\/p>\n

Scotland Yard confirmed that its website had “been subject to unauthorised access”.<\/p>\n

The force said it used an online provider called MyNewsDesk to issue news releases and said “unauthorised messages” appeared on its website, Twitter account and in emails sent to subscribers.<\/p>\n

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The Met’s account has more than a million followers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The tweets, which have subsequently been deleted, contained offensive language and mentioned the names of several people.<\/p>\n

The posts also linked to press releases regarding the rapper and an apparent missing child.<\/p>\n

BBC home affairs producer Daniel De Simone\u00a0tweeted\u00a0<\/a>that the hack was a “serious issue” and added: “The press and public relies on comms from the Met during emergencies such as terror attacks.”<\/p>\n

A Met spokesman said the force was working to establish exactly what happened.<\/p>\n

“We have begun making changes to our access arrangements to MyNewsDesk,” he added.<\/p>\n

“At this stage, we are confident the only security issue relates to access to our MyNewsDesk account.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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