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Janesville Police Department
Sunday January 6th, 2019 :: 12:25 p.m. CST

Advisory

Hacked Facebook Account leads to false bomb threat

A Rock County resident had his Facebook account hacked. Unknown person(s) then issued threats against Schools, Hospitals, government buildings and government officials. The matter was investigated by the Janesville Police Department and determined to be not credible. The Owner of the account with the initials JC had his account hacked on Friday from Iowa. The hackers also fraudulently posted the owners name, address and phone number with the threat.

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Janesville Police Department
100 N Jackson St
Janesville, WI 53548

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Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 608-755-3100

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