UK Met Police,Scotland Yard Email and Twitter Feeds Hacked

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  1. hawki

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    "Metropolitan Police Twitter account, email system and website is 'hacked in late night cyber attack'

    The Metropolitan Police's computer system has been hacked in a late-night attack.

    Scotland Yard admitted they have lost control of their press office email and twitter feed and advised members of the public to ignore any messages until they have it back under control.

    Shortly after 11pm yesterday, the press office's email system which began sending out a string of increasingly bizarre and abusive messages...

    It is believed the cyber criminals got access to the Met's 'MyNewsdesk' application, which automatically pushes messages out across email and their twitter feeds.

    A Scotland Yard superintendent said the Met's official account has 'been subject to unauthorised access'..."

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ice-email-hacked-late-night-cyber-attack.html
     
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    Metropolitan Police apologises for Friday night hacking incident
    July 22, 2019
    https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3079297/met-police-hacked
     
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    Two Scottish men charged in connection with Metropolitan Police hack
    October 10, 2019
    https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/10/two-...connection-metropolitan-police-hack-10893300/
     
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