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Ransomware Attack Causing Major Outages to City and County Services

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Dissent

On December 6, TXK reported:

A ransomeware (sic) cyber attack has struck city computers causing outages across Bowie and Miller Counties.

According to Bowie County 202nd District Court Judge John Tidwell, “the computers at the Courthouse and BiState have been shut down today along with other agencies.”

Read more on TXK Today.

Today, Texarkana posted an update on the city’s site:

Ransomware attack on Texarkana Water Utility servers

On Sunday, December 6, 2020, the Texarkana Water Utility’s Information Technology Department noticed suspicious activity on the network that serves Bowie County, and the Cities of Texarkana, Arkansas and Texarkana, Texas. While this is still a developing situation, there are a few facts that can be confirmed:

  • The network serving these entities was attacked by ransomware.

  • It is unknown how long the ransomware was on the network before it was detected, but it has been confirmed that it existed prior to Thursday, November 26, 2020.

  • There was a data incident, but at this time there is no evidence that personal information has been compromised.

  • There will not be an interruption to water services as a result of this event.

  • There is an ongoing investigation into this matter, and to protect the integrity of that process, some information will not be released at this time.

  • The process of repairing PCs and systems is ongoing. The scope of this event is not yet understood.

h/t, @Chum1ng0

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