Commissioners used opioid-settlement proceeds to buy cryptocurrency; the county has not disclosed whether access has been restored, what data was stolen or who carried out the attack.
The county is restoring affected systems after a technology disruption while officials investigate the cause and emergency services remain operational.
County officials said all government systems were offline Thursday, while 911 remained operational and the circuit court clerk reported its phone lines were down.
The clerk’s office said it removed a malicious script after some website links redirected users to an unauthorized third-party site, with no evidence internal systems were accessed.
The sheriff’s office said hackers hit its systems twice, forcing a suspension of some Texas Public Information Act deadlines while records work is rebuilt.
The county said 911 dispatch, jail operations, courts, early voting and other critical services remain operational while it assesses a network incident.
Officials said the incident affected a limited number of county systems and former sheriff’s office employees, while emergency services were not interrupted.
The county said Minnesota’s central IT agency blocked access to state motor vehicle systems after a reported cyber incident involving an emergency services network.
