Topeka online utilities pay system safe after cyber-attack

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Topeka officials say the city’s online utilities payment system is safe after a cyber-attack in November.

City spokeswoman Molly Hadfield said the system was breached on Nov. 1. Its billing payment software vendor, Central Square, notified the city of a possible cyber-attack on Dec. 7.

The breach might have affected up to 10,000 Topeka customers.

Hadfield said Central Square has turned over the information to a forensics investigator.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports city staff worked with Central Square to move the current online payment system to a more secure platform.

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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, http://www.cjonline.com