Glasgow City Council send warning over text scam after cyber incident
The suspicious messages that have been sent out do not mention Glasgow specifically but have been sent to people in the city.
The council say it is investigating the texts and the details of the messages are being shared with police and national cyber security teams who are assisting them.
It is currently unable to guarantee that the scam does not involve stolen data, but alongside others investigating the council is confident it is not the case.
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It is believed to be the work of 'opportunistic criminals' who are trying to exploit the disruption to normal services and it is keen to assure the public it does not use text messages to chase payment of parking penalties.
A spokesperson said: 'We will never call, email or message you asking for banking details – and, if you do need to pay a parking penalty, you can do so by calling the number displayed on the PCN.
'Glasgow is still working alongside Police Scotland, the Scottish Cyber Co-ordination Centre and the National Cyber Security Centre to establish whether any data was stolen during a cyber security incident discovered last week.
'If you are contacted by someone claiming to have your data, you should contact Police Scotland on 101.'
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