Coryell County Investigates Possible Cyber Incident After Systems Disruption
Summary
Coryell County, Texas, is restoring systems after a disruption being investigated as a possible cyber incident. Emergency services remain operational, but officials have not disclosed the cause, affected systems or any data impact.
Key points
- County officials are investigating a technology disruption as a possible cyber incident, but have not identified its cause or confirmed a cyberattack or ransomware.
- Officials have not specified when the disruption began, which systems were affected, or whether there was unauthorized access, exposed data or a ransom demand.
- County employees and IT specialists are working to safely restore affected systems while maintaining services.
- Emergency services and essential public-safety functions remained operational.
- As of Friday afternoon, the county website was accessible, but officials had not announced that all affected systems were restored.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Coryell County
- Incident Type
- Technology disruption investigated as a possible cyber incident; officials have not identified it as a cyberattack or ransomware event.
- Operational Impact
- Affected systems were being restored. Emergency services and essential public-safety functions remained operational without interruption. The specific affected systems and full scope of disruption were not disclosed.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- Unknown; officials have not disclosed whether there was a ransom demand.
- Claim Status
- unknown