According to sources, Columbiana County Recorder’s office (a Government organization in Ohio) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-12-30.
Source 1 | 2022-12-30
“Attorneys, title company workers and citizens trying to record documents before 2022 ends found they can’t for now thanks to a security breach affecting the Columbiana County Recorder’s office. No other Columbiana County offices or servers are affected. “
“The situation is also affecting the recorder’s offices in Lorain, Portage, Delaware, Knox, Ashtabula and Morrow counties, along with other companies and government agencies in other states.“
“Cott Systems provides the software used by the recorder’s office to process documents. During Cott’s routine maintenance of the system over the weekend, Armeni said unusual activity was noticed so Cott shut down all servers and connections to their clients, including the recorder’s office. “
“Since Tuesday when the office reopened after the Christmas holiday, no recording has taken place. The office cannot access any already recorded documents, no new documents can be recorded and no cash or credit card payments can be taken. Only payments by check can be accepted, with everything being kept in a fireproof, secure file cabinet until the system is back up. As soon as they receive the go-ahead from the software provider, he said they’ll be recording those documents that couldn’t be recorded.“
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