{"id":1005,"date":"2021-11-21T12:48:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T11:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/21\/putnam-county-sheriffs-departments-facebook-page-got-hacked-wishtv-com\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T12:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T11:48:35","slug":"putnam-county-sheriffs-departments-facebook-page-got-hacked-wishtv-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/21\/putnam-county-sheriffs-departments-facebook-page-got-hacked-wishtv-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Putnam County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Facebook page got hacked &#8211; WISHTV.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS\u00a0(WISH)\u00a0&#8212; The Putnam County\u00a0Sheriff&#8217;s Department relied on its Facebook page to get information out quickly and unfiltered.<br \/>They have 20,000 followers who are now being directed to a site that promotes mixed martial arts fighting.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>The department&#8217;s website and Facebook page are linked. But instead of getting the latest community alerts, hackers have taken over the page and to promote street boxing. <br \/>Deputy Scott Ducker is one of the page\u00a0administrators\u00a0for the department.\u00a0&#8220;Somehow\u00a0they got into my Facebook account. Facebook has really not given us an answer on what happened,\u201d Ducker said.\u00a0<br \/>Two days\u00a0ago,\u00a0another deputy noticed someone was livestreaming a video game on the department&#8217;s Facebook\u00a0page.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Ducker said, \u201cI log\u00a0in or I try to log in and I get on the page, and there is somebody livestreaming a video game. I instantly discover I have no control over my page.\u00a0I can view it; that&#8217;s about\u00a0it.\u201d<br \/>The deputy believes the hackers accessed his\u00a0Facebook\u00a0login credentials through an email phishing scheme.\u00a0He says his passwords are protected by two-party verification and changed on a\u00a0regular\u00a0basis. He has been in contact with Facebook by phone and through email, but so far, he says they have not been very helpful.\u00a0<br \/>\u201cActually got an email that said we have restored your admin rights to your page, you can get on there now and correct everything. That never happened, by the way. I never got any restoration on there. Since then, it has been emails about how we are monitoring the page for suspicious activity; we will let you\u00a0know,\u201d\u00a0Ducker said.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0He says the administrator rights have still not been restored.<br \/>Scott Shackelford, a cybersecurity expert with the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, has written\u00a0extensively\u00a0about Facebook&#8217;s corporate\u00a0social\u00a0responsibilities. &#8220;I would argue that they need to take much more of an interest in ensuring that their customers&#8217; information is being protected. As you see here, that is not always being\u00a0done.\u201d<br \/>Shackelford\u00a0says this type of hacking is illegal and is protected under federal and state laws, but catching the\u00a0responsible\u00a0party is a challenge at best.\u00a0<br \/>&#8220;There\u00a0is\u00a0unfortunately\u00a0a global community of cybercriminals that are using these platforms for a variety of different purposes, and we do have international extradition treaties to help find and prosecute these\u00a0people. It\u00a0is a classic game of global\u00a0Whac-A-Mole,\u201d\u00a0Shackelford said, referring to a well-known arcade game using a mallet to hit targets that pop up at random.\u00a0<br \/>The department is hoping that Facebook will restore the\u00a0administrators&#8217;\u00a0rights back to the department; otherwise, the sheriff will have to start over with another page.<br \/>         &copy; 2021 Circle City Broadcasting I, LLC. | All Rights Reserved.    <br \/>WISH-TV Instagram<br \/>WISH-TV Twitter<br \/>WISH-TV YouTube<br \/>WISH-TV Facebook<br \/>Indy Style Facebook<br \/>All Indiana Facebook<br \/>Weather Blog \/                                         <time>1 hour ago                                        <\/time>                                     <br \/>Crime Watch 8 \/                                         <time>8 hours ago                                        <\/time>                                     <br \/>National \/                                         <time>8 hours ago                                        <\/time>                                     <br \/>Business \/                                         <time>9 hours ago                                        <\/time>                                     <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wishtv.com\/news\/i-team-8\/putnam-county-sheriffs-departments-facebook-page-got-hacked\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS\u00a0(WISH)\u00a0&#8212; The Putnam County\u00a0Sheriff&#8217;s Department relied on its Facebook page to get information out quickly and unfiltered.They have 20,000 followers who are now being directed to a site that promotes mixed martial arts fighting.\u00a0\u00a0The department&#8217;s website and Facebook page are linked. 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