The City of Hamilton has announced that the “precautionary system changes” that were made in response to the ongoing cyberattack as the cause of its website outage.
Hours after Hamilton City officials alerted locals on X, of its downed page, it was determined upon thorough review that Hamilton.ca, as well as its various extensions and other related websites, were deactivated due to new changes made by staff in response to the existing cybersecurity incident.
In a release, officials wrote: “The website outage was not a result of a new cybersecurity event,” officials wrote in a release.
Though city officials are working to resolve the issue, they did not give a timeline for when the website will be reactivated
The City tweeted: “We recognize that this issue may have caused some concern and want to sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. As we continue to mitigate the impacts of the cybersecurity incident, unfortunately, some other disruptions may be felt before we reach full restoration.”
