Police website is often target of hackers
REGINA The Regina Police Service is not immune to attempts to hack its website, similar to what happened to the RPS’s Prince Albert counterpart.
On Wednesday, the Prince Albert Police Service’s site temporarily displayed a pro-ISIS message after an apparent hack by a group that has claimed responsibility for a variety of other online attacks.
Prince Albert police removed the message that morning and went to work on restoring the site. A police spokesman said the site’s content is entirely public, meaning there was no information or privacy breach.
The Regina Police Service site is itself subject to attempted hacks fairly regularly, with police spokesman Les Parker — who works on the website — noting it happens “probably at least once a month.”
“Of course, they’re not successful, but it’s something that’s attempted and it’s usually done from out of the country, so a lot of times I don’t think we’re targeted specifically for who we are, but it’s just the nature of hosting a website,” he said. “There’s random attacks that happen.”
Chief Evan Bray acknowledged hacking is “a general concern for us at all times, not just with our website but all of our databases.”