According to sources, Alexander City (a Government organization in Alabama) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2023-01-24.
Source 1 | 2023-01-24
“The Alexander City City Council called an emergency public meeting Tuesday to discuss the city’s response to a ransomware attack. Alexander City Mayor Woody Baird informed council members that the attack was first discovered Tuesday morning, and that, according to Baird, the city received a ransom letter during the security breach. “
““This morning as people were coming in at 7 a.m., we realized that we had a ransomware attack,” Baird said. “We immediately went to our insurance company because we do have insurance for this. They have many different branches and so they are all going to attack it.”“
“City IT (information technology) director Joe Milam then addressed city leaders regarding the extent of the attack. “
“Milam said he is unaware of how the attack occurred, or exactly the magnitude of the security breach. “What we're hoping as this process goes through, that those backups have not been tampered with. The concern after the discussion today is how far back could those files be compromised. This guy, he or she, or this team could have been on our network for seven to 10 days or longer, we don't know.” According to Baird, the breach is currently impacting the city’s phone lines, but said that 9-1-1 and utility collections seem unaffected at this present time“
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