Wayne County services in disarray as officials continue to work through cyberattack

[Jimaz]

Wayne County services in disarray as officials continue to work through cyberattack

Weeks before the presidential election, Wayne County government has fallen victim to a cyberattack.

"I’m very concerned, membership is concerned as well," said Wayne County Criminal Defense Bar Association President Lillian Diallo.

It started Wednesday morning affecting the Wayne County Treasurer's Office, Register of Deeds, county websites and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office....

Residents cannot pay their taxes online, real estate sales cannot be recorded and property records cannot be obtained.....

According to [County Commission Chair Alisha] Bell, some of their internal files were encrypted during the attack. She said it could have been much worse if their firewalls weren't up and working....

Medhe said the attacks are almost always ransomware attacks, meaning the attacker is demanding money.

There's no word on how much this attacker may be demanding, how long it will take to get the county back up and running or who the attacker may be.

[Zacha341]

^ And to think they were working at such an efficient/ effective level pre cyberattack!

[Jimaz]

Cyberattack Shuts Down Michigan’s Most-Populous County’s Computers