Cyberattack breaches Heber City government network in Utah
Systems were back online by Thursday, and the city said essential services and online bill payments continued.
Systems were back online by Thursday, and the city said essential services and online bill payments continued.
Electronic and paper notices stopped after an Oct. 9 outage, while courts kept accepting filings and offered ways to seek deadline relief.
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County websites and school sports paperwork were disrupted, while an Iowa business reported losing its website and email. U.S.NEXT had no restoration estimate Monday.
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Doctors lost access to patient records and schedules at the Ruston practice; the clinic has not publicly confirmed the cause or a restoration timeline.
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Dispatchers shifted to a Solano County center while online city services and internal operations remained unavailable Saturday.
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Electronic payment channels went offline and the city waived late fees while cybersecurity specialists investigated the network disruption.
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Officials estimate $100,000 was diverted as an account lockdown interrupted tuition and vendor payments through ClassWallet.
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Online ordering and deliveries were disrupted at five East Coast grocery chains; customers were promised refunds while stores remained open.