A cyberattack prompted Terrebonne Parish Government in Louisiana to take systems offline Wednesday, leaving its website unavailable and the scope of the disruption unclear, a parish official said.
“Our I.T. team took us offline when it was found,” Communications Director Robbie Lee told the Houma Courier-Thibodaux Daily Comet, referring to a breach discovered Wednesday morning.
Lee said parish services remained available in person. He did not identify which government systems or online services were affected.
Lee said the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness was investigating. A photographed Parish Council agenda reviewed by DysruptionHub scheduled an extraordinary emergency meeting for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and proposed a vote on entering executive session to discuss cybersecurity plans and emergency network issues affecting parish offices.
“I cannot answer that,” Lee told the Daily Comet when asked whether anyone’s personal information was compromised. The parish has not publicly identified an attacker, explained how the breach occurred or said whether ransomware was involved.
Lee said the breach was unrelated to a June 3 cyberattack, according to the Daily Comet.
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Separately, the parish said in a Facebook post Wednesday that the Pointe-aux-Chênes town hall scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1, would be rescheduled. It gave no reason or new date.
In September 2025, a ransomware attack on the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office disrupted bond processing, jail releases and court case lookups in New Orleans.
The parish’s main website, www.tpcg.org, was still unreachable during a DysruptionHub check Wednesday evening. Officials had not announced a restoration timetable.
