City of Fort Worth hacked in push to ’embarrass’ city
The City of Fort Worth says it was hacked and information was posted online. The city says they were targeted by a group over Texas’s stance on gender-affirming care
City officials say the hackers stole information from a website used to track city work orders, but no sensitive information has been released.
On Friday, June 23 the City’s Information Technology Solutions Department was told about a post that said the City’s website had been hacked.
They believe the hackers stole credentials to log in to the website used by workers.
“Those attachments include things like photographs, spreadsheets, invoices for work performed, PDF documents, emails between staff and other information related to work orders,” Gunn explained.
“No indication that any other systems were accessed, nor any other evidence of sensitive information such as social security or banking information was accessed or released,” said Gunn.
Fort Worth said the post indicated that they believe the information was posted in an attempt to embarrass the city.
This data leaks comes after a Malware attack against the City of Dallas in May. The attack impacted the function of the city’s online systems for weeks.
Unlike that attack, there has been no request for ransom.
Gunn says the city’s IT department removed access to the website.
Gunn says right now they don’t know how the hackers got the login credentials.
The City says they have contacted local police, federal law enforcement and forensic specialists to investigate the incident.
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