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 city said no data was taken after a Dec. 26 incident, but utility billing customers faced delayed bills, paused automatic payments and no-shutoff accommodations for weeks.
Officials said the city isolated the threat, while Leon County cut a network connection as a precaution and warned of possible outages tied to shared applications.
A South Florida report said some locations could not process cards for days as a Qilin extortion claim surfaced, but Duffy’s had not publicly confirmed ransomware by Tuesday.
The Florida Center for Government Accountability and its investigative publication, the Florida Trident, based in Sarasota, Florida, experienced a “massive and sophisticated” cyberattack on Sunday, July 13, 2025, disrupting access
Community Health Northwest Florida, a nonprofit health provider serving Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, Florida, has been forced to take its systems offline following a cyberattack identified earlier this week.
In Orlando, Florida, Michael Scheuer, a former Disney World menu production manager, faces federal charges for allegedly hacking Disney’s proprietary “Menu Creator” system following his contentious termination in June
The Sumter County Sheriff's Office, located in Bushnell, Florida, experienced a ransomware attack on August 6, 2024, leading the agency to swiftly cut off access to the attacker.
