The city’s municipal website was down Sunday after it was apparently
hacked and replaced with a blue image of a man holding a partially
disguised rifle.
Police Chief Mark Kinmon said the city was working with the website’s design company, M Studio in Asbury Park, to investigate and restore the website. As of Sunday night, the website still was down for maintenance.
“I would say it is very unusual,” Kinmon said of the hack. “I don’t recall anything like this happening in the past.”
The image, which was accompanied by music, included a reference to “Ayyildiz Tim,” or Ayyildiz Team. According to Web forums, the group are Turkish hackers that find weak Web page codes and take over sites, inserting their own images.
M Studio, on Bangs Avenue, did not immediately respond to a voicemail left there on Sunday.
The hack comes just weeks after the City Council raised discussions about finding a new company to redesign the municipal website. Mayor Myra Campbell said she wants a website that is more user-friendly.
She said a new website should give residents access to online forms and city code books.
Police Chief Mark Kinmon said the city was working with the website’s design company, M Studio in Asbury Park, to investigate and restore the website. As of Sunday night, the website still was down for maintenance.
“I would say it is very unusual,” Kinmon said of the hack. “I don’t recall anything like this happening in the past.”
The image, which was accompanied by music, included a reference to “Ayyildiz Tim,” or Ayyildiz Team. According to Web forums, the group are Turkish hackers that find weak Web page codes and take over sites, inserting their own images.
M Studio, on Bangs Avenue, did not immediately respond to a voicemail left there on Sunday.
The hack comes just weeks after the City Council raised discussions about finding a new company to redesign the municipal website. Mayor Myra Campbell said she wants a website that is more user-friendly.
She said a new website should give residents access to online forms and city code books.
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