http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/crime-courts/police-website-shut-amid-hacker-fears-1.1033505 By Helen McArdle Herald Scotland 8 Jun 2010 Strathclyde Police was forced to close down its website last night amid fears it had come under attack from Chinese hackers. The site went down soon after 6pm as the force's IT team assessed the threat, which was detected after a number of weblinks appeared that diverted users to a Chinese site with a history of distributing viruses. The force said its computer experts were examining an anomaly, but ruled out a virus as its cause. It added that anyone who logged into the system yesterday would not have put their computer at risk. Spokesman Robert Shorthouse said: "This matter is currently being investigated by our IT engineers. While this is ongoing, we have, as a precaution, taken the website offline. No other IT systems have been affected." Internet users attempting to access the site encountered a black-and-white screen with a message that the website was "down for maintenance." [...] _____________________________________________________________________________________ Black Hat USA 2010, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 24-29th, offering over 60 training sessions and 11 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit www.blackhat.comReceived on Tue Jun 08 2010 - 01:21:42 PDT
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