{"id":141428,"date":"2019-07-21T11:53:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T08:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/met-police-website-hacked-tweets-fck-the-police\/"},"modified":"2019-07-21T11:53:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T08:53:52","slug":"met-police-website-hacked-tweets-fck-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/met-police-website-hacked-tweets-fck-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Police website hacked, tweets ‘F*CK THE POLICE’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It appears hackers briefly took over UK Metropolitan Police\u2019s website, posting a series of bizarre messages on its press section and social media accounts, including one which read \u201cFUCK THE POLICE.\u201d<\/p>\n

The messages were sent around 22:30UTC on July 2019. The Met Police team has since confirmed the breach occurred via third-party software.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast night, Friday 19 July, unauthorised messages appeared on the news section of our website as well as on the @metpoliceuk Twitter feed and in emails sent to subscribers,\u201d it said in a statement. \u201cWhile we are still working to establish exactly what happened, we have begun making changes to our access arrangements to MyNewsDesk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Met Police Press Bureau uses an online provider called MyNewsDesk to issue news releases and other content,\u201d officials explained further. \u201cWhen a story is published via MyNewsDesk, it appears on the Met\u2019s website and Twitter accounts and generates an email to those who\u2019ve subscribed to receive our news updates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police were quick to regain control of its website and social media accounts, but not before tons of Twitter users managed to grab screenshots.<\/p>\n

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What I am saying is, @metpoliceuk<\/a> issued an official press release saying \u201cFUCK THE POLICE\u201d and until an official press release revising that I think we have to consider any other statements suspect. pic.twitter.com\/2Kt5J5TXn5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Jamie Lewis (@SarahJamieLewis) July 20, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Met Police hacked with bizarre tweets and emails\u00a0posted https:\/\/t.co\/i3497l0Vi9<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jEJE5zEWLv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Flying Eze (@flyingeze) July 20, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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@metpoliceuk<\/a> #metpolice<\/a> Twitter account was\/has been #hacked<\/a> and their website seems to be affected too atleast the latest news section of it and there is no certificate here: https:\/\/t.co\/RFQTRXBiRq<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sLcXT1PbVI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 klikr (@klikr) July 19, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Among other things, the messages made references to rapper Digga D and popular internet personality Keemstar, who runs a YouTube channel called DramaAlert.<\/p>\n

While the messages have since been wiped from the police\u2019s account, a cached version of the Digga D press release is still indexed on Google Search.<\/p>\n

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