Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson says expert criminals recently targeted him and his deputies.
The sheriff’s personal Facebook page was hacked, and a sheriff’s office credit card was accessed by unauthorized persons, he said Monday in a news release.
Watson also said his name and personal information was used in an emergency room in another nearby town for medical treatment.
“These were highly experienced hackers,” he said in the release. “None of these accounts were easily accessed.”
The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office receives one or more reports of hacked websites and criminal activity that can lead to identity theft on any given day, he said.
Furthermore, the names of actual Bradley County deputies have been used in a telephone scam that demanded payment to avoid receiving an arrest warrant, the release stated. The sheriff’s office does not serve warrants by telephone.