Colorado County, Texas, warned that a disruption affecting government information systems and operations threatened essential services, including systems supporting public safety.
The ransomware tracker ransomware.live recorded a NightSpire listing for a victim named “Colorado Texas” on Oct. 14 UTC. The entry identifies no victim website, and its connection to the county’s disruption remains unconfirmed.
The county’s Oct. 13 and Oct. 15 emergency notices described an “imminent threat to public health and safety.” The county was responding by Oct. 13, but the notices do not identify when the disruption began.
The notices did not identify affected applications or offices or say whether emergency services were interrupted.
Colorado County has about 21,400 residents. Its county seat, Columbus, lies about 65 miles west of Houston.
County Judge Ty Prause called emergency meetings of the Commissioners Court in Columbus. The agendas covered system restoration, network protection, outside professional help and response spending.
Officials also scheduled discussions of legal and notification obligations, with possible closed sessions on network security. The notices did not report what actions were approved.
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In Louisiana, a Sept. 30 cyberattack on Terrebonne Parish Government prompted officials to take systems offline and call an emergency meeting. Its website became unavailable, while in-person services continued.
The county’s Oct. 15 notice remained its latest public update as of Oct. 19. Officials had not announced full restoration or disclosed the disruption’s cause or whether any data was compromised.
Colorado County had not responded to a request for comment by publication time.
