Dallas County said Monday that it became aware of a “cybersecrity incident” on Oct. 19, and on Oct. 28 posts surfaced on the dark web from a group that claims...
, and on Oct. 28 posts surfaced on the dark web from a group that claims it has information from Dallas County.Social media posts claim the county has been victim of a ransomware attack, but so far the county has not verified whether that’s the case. County Commissioner John Wiley Price said the dark web posts have not been verified. “We just know that it’s a claim,” he said in an interview.Ransomware groups sometimes threaten to publicly release information unless the victims pay a ransom.
Dallas County said Monday it became aware of a “cybersecruity incident” on Oct. 19. The county has not released any details about when the incident might have initially happened.The City of Dallas and the Dallas Central Appraisal District have both been recent ransomware targets. In April hackers stole more than 800,000 files from the city using stolen credentials. In 2022, DCAD’s website was hit on Election Day.It’s just too early to say.
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