City Council approves firewall to protect phones

BEAVERTON

Phone calls were going out to exotic locales and then none were coming in at Beaverton City Hall, which prompted the City Council to take action at its Regular Meeting Monday night.

“Last week, our phones were hijacked,” said City Manager Shannon Sirpilla. “Someone was calling the Bahamas and, I think, Bermuda.

“We wound up getting a phone call about it, but we thought it was just another s…