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The city of Granjeno suspects a hack may be to blame for the majority of the pages on its website being filled with advertisements for a variety of sexual supplements on Thursday afternoon, among them generic Cialis, female Viagra and Canadian Levitra.
The city was not aware of the advertisements before being contacted by The Monitor and it’s unclear how long the material has been up.
City Clerk Ines Villalobos — audibly shocked by the content — said the city did not post the information and advises residents against interacting with the material.
“I guess it’s been hacked,” she said. “Honestly, I hadn’t seen our website for a few weeks so I don’t know for a fact how long it’s been like this.”
Villalobos said the website appeared normal when viewed from a city computer, although she too saw the unusual content when viewing the site from a smart phone. She said she’s working to resolve the issue.
“I’m gonna try to take care of this as soon as possible,” Villalobos said.
It’s unclear how long the unusual advertisements remained accessible on the website.
Information and advertisements for the drugs were visible after 2 p.m. Thursday. Periodically during the afternoon the website went down, becoming completely inaccessible.
The compromised website appears normal on its homepage. However, clicking on links meant to display information about the city, its landmarks, its services and contact information directed visitors to long blocks of information on the supplements and prices.
“Cityofgranjeno (sic) Online Pill Store,” one portion above the city’s official seal read. “Best Prices!”
Some of those pages ended with a note about acceptable credit cards, along with a Toronto, Canada address and phone number.
Calls to that number Thursday afternoon went unanswered.
