Claim details
Interlock claimed the department and alleged theft of 208 GB including camera material. Police confirmation of attribution or theft was not found.
Shelbyville Police Department cyberattack
Summary
Shelbyville Police Chief Bruce Gentry said a cyberattack affected the department network and disrupted some computer systems by Oct. 15, 2025. Accident and incident reports remained available. Interlock later claimed it stole police data, including camera recordings, but the department had not verified the group’s involvement or its claims in the reviewed material.
Key facts
Timeline
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First public signal:
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Earliest public indication of an outage, disruption, closure or other observable incident impact. The signal does not need to mention cybersecurity. -
First public cyber evidence:
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Earliest credible public information connecting the incident or disruption to malicious cyber activity. -
Official cyber disclosure:
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First official acknowledgment by the affected organization or an authoritative public body that the incident was cyber-related. -
Last impact seen:
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Latest public indication that disruption, degraded operations, recovery work or unresolved impact was still ongoing.
Primary victim organization
Impacted locations
Organization types
Critical infrastructure sector
DysruptionHub coverage
Incident characteristics
Assessments
Operational impacts
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Internal systems unavailable
Internal business, administrative, operational, or staff-facing systems were unavailable.
Extortion indicators
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Leak-site listing
The victim was listed on a threat actor or ransomware data-leak site as an alleged target or nonpaying victim.
Incident narrative
Analyst assessment
Police Chief Bruce Gentry told WAVE on Oct. 15, 2025, that a cyberattack affected the Shelbyville Police Department network and disrupted some computer systems. DysruptionHub reported the disruption that day. The chief said the department was investigating and restoring systems. The public record reviewed here does not establish the intrusion start, technical cause or exact restoration date.
Operational significance
The department experienced an internal network and computer-system disruption. Gentry said members of the public could still access accident and incident reports. The reviewed sources do not establish interruption of 911, dispatch, patrol response or any specific public-facing report service. The city service-area overlay represents the police department’s jurisdiction, not a claim that all city services failed.
Later extortion claim
Interlock listed the department Nov. 5. Comparitech reported the group alleged theft of 208 GB, including police camera recordings, and showed purported sample material. The claim is linked to the department by name, but Shelbyville Police had not verified Interlock’s role, the claimed volume or the nature of any accessed data in reviewed public material. A leak-site claim does not by itself prove ransomware encryption or data theft. No ransom demand or payment was verified.
Current status and gaps
The operational disruption is presumed resolved because no continuing outage was found more than 30 days after the last documented impact; this is not an official all-clear. Initial access, affected systems, restoration date, personal-data impact and actor attribution remain unresolved.
Threat actor and claim
Organizations involved
Shelbyville Police Department
Location
Organization type
Critical infrastructure
Impacted location
Shelbyville, Kentucky
Shelbyville place anchor for police headquarters; no building-specific damage claimed.
Police jurisdiction, not a citywide municipal outage claim.
Sources
DysruptionHub reported the department network disruption and continuing report availability.
Gentry said a cyberattack affected the department network and some computer systems; accident and incident reports remained available.
Ransomware.live recorded Interlock naming Shelbyville Police Department and alleging access to confidential data and camera material.
Comparitech reported Interlock claimed it stole 208 GB, including camera recordings, and posted purported samples.
The city identifies its police department, public-facing services and Shelbyville location.
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