HELENA - The City of Helena is looking at alternative ways to hold City Commission Meetings after several hackers shared pornographic sounds and images during Monday night's Zoom meeting.
Right now, the city says their main focus is fixing the problem so it doesn't ever happen again and they're apologizing to the public for the incident.
"The virtual conference was taken over by individuals wishing to disturb an otherwise orderly meeting in which many community members were present to listen and participate in a discussion of several very important items to Helena residents, including the FY21 City Budget and 2019 Growth Policy," a press release from the city states. "The instigators broadcast graphic video and audio, and technical issues compromised staff's ability to address and remove these individuals. We regret this offensive intrusion. Over the next hours and days, City management will work with ITS support staff to try to pinpoint how these individuals gained access and take steps to make sure this doesn't happen again." read more here