United States
USA
Monroe County ransomware shuts down most government offices for a week
MONROE COUNTY's government environment was compromised around 30/06/2024-01/07/2024 and its virtual servers were encrypted by ransomware. The incident forced shutdown of government servers and resulted in a week-long closure of most county government offices, including disruption to court and other public-sector functions. County offices reopened approximately one week later. County authorities identified BLACKSUIT as the actor responsible.
76
Estimated severity
76 / 100
89
Source reliability
89 / 100
Approximate Date
01/07/2024
Targeted Company
MONROE COUNTY
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
Indiana · United States
Operational Impact
Duration
7 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
RansomwareUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
BLACKSUIT
Sources
Incident Sources
bloomdocs.orghttps://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2025-07-17-cybersecurity-incident-Monroe-County-Board-of-Commissioners-Executive-Summary.pdfidsnews.comhttps://www.idsnews.com/article/2024/07/monroe-county-government-servers-intrusion-ransomwareipm.orghttps://www.ipm.org/2024-07-08/monroe-county-govt-outage-tied-to-blacksuit-ransomware