Politics & Government
Philadelphia City Employees' Emails Compromised In A Hack Dating Back To 2023
An unknown number of city employees' emails were compromised in a hack dating back to 2023, the City of Philadelphia announced.
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July 15, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- An unknown number of city employees' emails were compromised in a hack dating back to 2023, the City of Philadelphia announced in a press release in late June.
According to the release, on May 24, 2023, the city noticed suspicious activity in its email system. The city then commissioned a third-party cybersecurity team to investigate the irregular activity.
Cybersecurity investigators found that sometime between May 26 and July 28, 2023, an "unauthorized actor may have gained access to certain city email accounts and certain information contained therein."
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