When a ransomware attack hit this Texas town at 2 a.m. last Friday, no one noticed.
Like many small Texas cities, Keene — an exurb about 40 miles south of Fort Worth with a population of about 6,500 — contracted its technology services to an out-of-town company, including management of its computer servers. The city had never been hit with something like this before.
But when city officials contacted the company that manages their server, they learned they were among several cities experiencing problems. The computer systems of more than 20 small Texas municipalities were paralyzed in a coordinated cyberattack.“We’re not prepared for something like that — most cities in America are not,” Adams, the city spokesman and economic development director, said Tuesday.
Officials did not reveal the names of the local governments affected or other details about the attack, beyond identifying the attacker as a “single threat actor.” It doesn’t appear to be a coordinated large-scale attack on the state, said FBI spokeswoman Melinda Urbina. Authorities see it more as a sophisticated financial scam that happened to various cities.
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