According to sources, Brooks County’s Justice of the Peace and district courts (a Government organization in Texas) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-06-21.
Source 1 | 2022-06-21
“-"A recent ransomware attack on Brooks County’s Justice of the Peace and district courts, and finance department, cost it more than $37,000." -" the attack took place after an employee opened an email containing a link that allowed someone to hack their system." -"The only data that we had that wasn’t backed up was in our auditor's office, where we have our financial software,” -"The hacker demanded Brooks County pay them $93,000, but county commissioners negotiated with the hacker and eventually agreed to pay less than half that amount." “
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