A hacktivist group broke into a web-based system belonging to the Texas metropolis of Fort Price, stole a number of gigabytes of information, after which posted it on-line.

On Saturday, Fort Price officers admitted that it suffered an information breach, however stated that after reviewing the leaked information, “presently, there is no such thing as a indication that delicate data associated to residents or workers are part of this incident,” and that the information “was not delicate and can be data releasable to the general public by a Public Data Request.”

In a web-based submit on its official web site, town stated that the leaked information included “attachments to work orders, together with pictures, spreadsheets, invoices, emails, PDF paperwork and different materials associated to work orders.”

“There isn’t a proof presently that every other methods have been accessed, nor any proof that delicate information comparable to social safety numbers, bank card or banking data was accessed, nor launched,” the submit learn.

Town stated that an instance of the stolen information is “the deal with of a house with a pothole within the Metropolis avenue in entrance of the house, that should crammed, [sic] in addition to an image of the pothole.”

A cursory evaluate of the leaked information reveals a number of photos of potholes, tilted visitors indicators, or fallen down visitors lights, and e-mail messages between metropolis workers. There’s additionally a doc that features the names, work telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of Fort Price’s workers.

The hacktivist group goes by SiegedSec, and it claimed the hack on its Telegram channel, saying “now we have determined to make a message in direction of the U.S authorities. Texas occurs to be one of many largest states banning gender affirming care, and for that, now we have made Texas our goal. Fuck the federal government.”

The hackers didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark despatched to the e-mail deal with printed on their Telegram channel. Representatives from Fort Price additionally didn’t reply to a request for remark.

Town wrote that the hackers accessed “an inside data system, an utility named Vueworks,” by buying login credentials to it, though town stated it nonetheless doesn’t understand how the hackers acquired these credentials.

Town is asking customers of the affected system to reset passwords, is reviewing “sources of knowledge to find out the scope and depth of this incident particular to VueWorks,” and it’s working with regulation enforcement and pc forensic consultants.

SiegedSec has a historical past of information breaches. Earlier this yr, the group leaked information stolen from software program giants Atlassian, and office administration companies startup Envoy. Final yr, with the purpose of protesting abortion restrictions within the U.S, the group focused the IP addresses of U.S. corporations that had uncovered industrial management methods (ICS) ports, in keeping with cybersecurity agency Mandiant.

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