According to sources, Boone County (a Government organization in Arkansas) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-11-21.
Source 1 | 2022-11-21
“A recent cyber attack against Apprentice Information Systems has affected many of the Arkansas government offices, including those in Boone County.“
“Many counties in the state use the company to store data for offices such as the tax collector, assessors officer, clerk, and treasurer. Once the potential breach was discovered, most county offices were notified on November 5. “
““Just to be safe once an incursion became aware, they instructed county, out of caution, to pull down their systems to make sure there were no issues with their networks.” Matayo says the precautionary steps were to avoid further threats while ensuring the data was safe.“
“The origin of the attempted hack is still being investigated by Apprentice Information Services, which says a majority of the steps taken were precautionary. “All of our data and everything with our server is good,” said Jenkins. “But as an extra precaution, they’ve wiped all of our workstations and re-imaged them as well.” According to Jenkins, information dealing with credit card transactions is the only compromisable material done through a system entirely separate from Apprentice and not breached. As of Friday, Apprentice says 95% of the affected counties have online servers. Boone County servers were back online Monday; however, they can still not accept credit card payments.“
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