Breaches and incidents
Ellis County (Kansas): ransomware affects county IT systems
Per KWCH, “Portions of Ellis County’s information technology systems have been affected by a ransomware incident,” detected 17 Sep.
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- Per KWCH, “Portions of Ellis County’s information technology systems have been affected by a ransomware incident,” detected 17 Sep; some departments may see “delays, temporary outages,” while “911 dispatch and emergency agency responses are experiencing no disruptions.”
- Root cause: not disclosed. Officials said “there is currently no evidence that sensitive or personal data was accessed or stolen.”
- No attacker named.
- The county “took immediate containment measures, which included isolating impacted systems.”