Last week, hackers captured business contact information of police employees, including names, email addresses and phone numbers. And in some cases, private data as well. "I spoke to many colleagues over the past few days, who were left with questions and concerns. Concerns I share, because in order to provide security outside, you have to feel secure inside," said Chief of Police Janny Knol.
The police have been informed by the intelligence services that this is most likely a "state actor," in other words, another country or perpetrators at the behest of another country.
Based on the information from the intelligence services, the police immediately deployed strong security measures against this attack. In order not to make the perpetrators wiser and not to harm further investigations, more cannot be told at this time.
Police employees work day and night to prevent or counter new cyberthreats and to track down the perpetrators.
All colleagues are continuously informed about the (consequences of) the hack with, among other things, a liveblog, newsletters and by mail. A hotline has also been set up where they can go with all their questions.
