RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Hackers have focused the Metropolis of Riviera Seashore’s Hearth Rescue Division’s Twitter web page. It was found earlier this week and is contained solely to the division’s Twitter web page, based on a spokesperson.
“Proper now, we’re at the moment locked out of the Twitter account,” Riviera Seashore Hearth Rescue spokesperson DaWayne Watson instructed Contact 5. “I’m attempting to tug up our Twitter web page, it says the account doesn’t exist.”
Watson confirmed Contact 5 what’s left of his division’s web page which has a brand new title, brand, posts and even earlier posts. The intruder is called Bitcoinsensus and promotes investing in crypto-currency.
He stated the division had been utilizing two-step authentication for its Twitter account as a precaution when the hack occurred.
“On daily basis they’re placing issues out in reference to bitcoins and the way they’re used and managed and the forex trade which is clearly one thing the Metropolis of Riviera Seashore Hearth Rescue doesn’t do,” Watson stated.
The most recent hack comes greater than two years after town council approved its insurance coverage service to pay about $600,000 in Bitcoin ransom to recuperate information following a cyber-attack.
Town additionally reportedly spent near one million {dollars} on cyber safety enhancements and updating computer systems.
A metropolis spokesperson instructed Contact 5 it didn’t embody social media accounts that they can not management.
Watson says to this point, the division has not acquired any calls for for ransom and is working with Twitter to attempt to regain management of the essential web page.
“We use our Twitter web page as one or our major platforms in order that we will guarantee the protection and well-being of each citizen within the of Riviera Seashore,” Watson stated.
Hearth Rescue will make the most of town’s Twitter web page, @Rivierabch to share any essential info with the group till this concern is resolved.
Contact 5 reached out to the corporate now listed on the Twitter web page for remark and we’ve not heard again.
