Security News > 2020 > June > Hackers Disrupt Minneapolis Systems, But No Evidence of Breach
A distributed denial-of-service attack crippled the websites and systems of Minneapolis late last week, but no data appears to have been breached.
Most of the systems were restored quickly, and Minneapolis CIO Fadi Fadhil said that the city had proactive measures in place to respond to and mitigate such attacks when they occur.
Over the weekend, as protests erupted across the country, new cyberattacks targeted the city, including some that took down the Minneapolis Police Department's website on Saturday.
The attacks appear to have been the work of members of the hacktivist movement Anonymous, based on a video posted on Facebook last week, accusing the Minneapolis police of a "Horrific track record of violence and corruption."
As the turmoil continued on Monday, information emerged online that Anonymous might have leaked email addresses and passwords stolen from the Minneapolis police's systems during their cyberattack.
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