BY THE HERALD-WHIG STAFF

Quincy Police Chief Rob Copley said a city-hosted Web site had a work e-mail address altered, leading to QPD asking the FBI for assistance in investigating the matter.

Jim Murphy, director of the city's Information Technology Department, filed a police report last week stating that the Quincy United Soccer Club site had been accessed without authority and information had been "altered."

Copley said Murphy stated the "intrusion" took place on more than one occasion between mid-July and mid-September. Murphy said his contact information on the Quincy United Soccer Club site was changed to his city e-mail address.

The FBI "is in the process of being contacted," Copley said, but he said he did not know if it will investigate.

Quincy United is nonprofit group of traveling soccer teams. The city permits state-approved nonprofit groups to use the city's server as a Web site host free of charge.

Murphy, who is listed as president of the Quincy United board, declined to comment about the report this week. Copley said he was assured by Murphy that the city's network had not been in danger of being accessed.