Met Police newsdesk hacked
London’s Metropolitan Police suffered a “hack” which saw their Twitter feed and press bureau post a series of bizarre messages.
Scotland Yard confirmed that a third party platform had “been subject to unauthorised access”.
The Met Police Press Bureau uses an online provider called MyNewsDesk to issue news releases and other content. When a story is published via MyNewsDesk, it appears on the Met’s website and Twitter accounts and generates an email to those who’ve subscribed to news updates.
Met Police have confirmed there was no compromise of their own IT infrastructure.
Subscription-based newsdesk services are widely used across the public and private sector.
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