Sheriff's Office website hacked

Officials say there was no specific motive in the hack that took over the Sheriff's website sometime overnight 

MondayLarimer County Sheriff's Office leaders woke up Tuesday morning to an anti-government message on the agency's website.

A Larimer County Sheriff's Office spokesman said the site had been hacked overnight Monday and was taken down early Tuesday as the webmaster worked with the Larimer County Information Technology Department to determine the cause of the security breach and to prevent future hacks on the website.
The message that appeared briefly was addressed to all governments, stating the agencies had failed their citizens. The message gave credit for the hack to a group it called "AnonGhost."
"It's my understanding that the team's notoriety is hacking into government-related websites and shutting them down," spokesman David Moore said. "I can't think of any specific reason we were targeted. A lot of times they do it just because they can."
The Sheriff's Office posted information about the hack Tuesday morning on Facebook.
Moore said there was no sensitive information on the website — rather, officials were more concerned about getting the website back up so residents could access public information.
AnonGhost's Facebook page was started in 2011 and has almost 12,000 likes. It's latest post as of Tuesday reads "hacked" with a link to the Sheriff's Office website.
Officials were able to get the website up and functioning normally Tuesday afternoon.