February 18, 2023. Erie, PA.
Online news service BirdingPI.com reported Saturday a “cyber incident” involving unauthorized access of several of its offshore servers. Apparently the work of “overzealous goose enthusiasts,” Chinese or Russian “bad actors,” and/or a disgruntled former employee, the incident resulted in the unauthorized posting or modification of several online news articles, in an attempt to spread misinformation and so-called ‘fake news.’ A source at the company, speaking on condition of anonymity, was quoted as saying, “Seems like these people really like geese. Geese are ok, I guess, but it’s pretty weird. Also, way too many exclamation points.”
With at least one server remaining down Sunday morning, the articles in question remained online and apparently “locked” from BirdingPI.com IT access. The company did not provide a timeline for when the offending content would be removed and service returned to normal.