Breaches and incidents
Seminole County Clerk of Court (Florida): reported cyberattack knocks website and phones offline, offices close
WKMG News 6 reported on 29 Oct 2026 that “The Seminole County Clerk of Court is dealing with a cyberattack that has knocked its website and phone systems...
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What happened
- WKMG News 6 reported on 29 Oct 2026 that “The Seminole County Clerk of Court is dealing with a cyberattack that has knocked its website and phone systems offline”; the clerk itself described “technical issues” affecting its website and phones, and DysruptionHub reported the offices later “closed to the public Thursday amid a systemwide outage” affecting all locations, with injunctions and probate remaining open.
- Root cause: not disclosed; unnamed sources told News 6 the clerk’s “website was hacked”, and one source said the hack occurred “late Wednesday night”.
- No attacker named.
- Per DysruptionHub, the clerk said compliance deadlines and payment due dates would be extended with no penalties during the outage; no restoration date or statement on data exposure had been given.