According to sources, Bernalillo County & Bernalillo County Public Safety Departments (a Public Safety organization in New Mexico) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-01-06.
Source 1 | 2022-01-06
“-"The government buildings in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, were closed after the county's IT systems reportedly suffered a ransomware attack on Wednesday." -" County officials say all affected systems were taken offline and servers were isolated following the attack." -"The county says it is working with third-party vendors to restore its systems to full operation as soon as possible." -"Authorities and security teams involved with the investigation have not yet publicly described the malware strain or attributed the crime to a particular ransomware gang. “
Source 2 | 2022-01-06
“• “Public safety departments, including 911 services are operating as normal but are using back-up contingencies, according to the county.” • “"If someone needs to dial 911 and emergency services, dispatchers will answer and can dispatch to a fire or to some other emergency, as well as law enforcement," Bland said.” • “Bernalillo County officials say they are still trying to resolve the issue.” “
Source 3 |
“-"A ransomware attack left the Albuquerque area jail vulnerable last week. The attack locked access to the facility’s camera feeds and made automatic door mechanisms unusable. Authorities put the prison facility into lockdown as they didn’t have access to cameras within the facility." -" the attack corrupted the jail’s database. The database contained all inmate records and reports of fighting, use of force, and allegations of sexual assault." -"The ransomware attack affected the whole of Bernalillo County, not just the detention center. Due to this, government employees could not access any local databases. All public offices were temporarily closed, and county office headquarters were only partially re-opened."“
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