A number of local government entities in Texas have been hit with a coordinated ransomware attack on Friday morning.
According to the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), the ransomware attack affected 23 local government entities statewide.
The DIR together with the Texas Military Department and the Texas A&M University System’s Cyber Response and Security Operations Center teams and Texas Department of Public Safety are dealing with the problem.
They are currently “deploying resources to the most critically impacted jurisdictions. Further resources will be deployed as they are requested,” according to the DIR in a statement.
Based on the investigation of the responders, a “single threat actor” committed the coordinated ransomware attack. They investigations into the origin of the attack are ongoing. However, their current priority is response and recovery.
Responders already identified and notified the impacted local government entities and they are actively working on bringing their systems back online.
