City of Fort Worth website hacked, data from internal information system posted online

The City of Fort Worth announced on Saturday that it’s website was hacked, according to a report from Star-Telegram partner, WFAA-TV.

The city said in a news release that its information technology solutions department was made aware on Friday of a claim that the city’s website had been hacked.

Data later posted online from the hack had come from an internal information system, not the city website, city staff said in the release.

According to Kevin Gunn, Fort Worth IT Solutions Director, the information collected by hackers was “not sensitive in nature” and was the type of information the city would release through Public Information Act requests including work orders and emails between staff.

The hackers gained access to the information through stolen login credentials of the city system, said Gunn, who added that the city does not know how hackers got the credentials used to gain access to the city system.

The attack comes about two months after The City of Dallas website suffered a ransomware attack, compromising police and other city services.

There has not been a ransom demanded of the City of Fort Worth, according to Gunn.

The investigation into the hack is ongoing and the city is working with law enforcement and computer forensic experts, Gunn said.

The city’s IT department has removed the website’s access from the external intranet and has forced users to reset their passwords.