United States
USA
Clay County ransomware incapacitates courthouse and critical government services
A ransomware attack detected on 09/07/2024 took CLAY COUNTY government servers offline and prevented operation of the county courthouse, Community Corrections, Probation and other government functions. The county declared a local disaster emergency, and by 15/07/2024 fourteen of seventeen county functions, including the county website and health department-related services, were reported as still closed or unavailable.
77
Estimated severity
77 / 100
88
Source reliability
88 / 100
Approximate Date
09/07/2024
Targeted Company
CLAY 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
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
BLACKSUIT
Sources
Incident Sources
therecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/indiana-county-disaster-declaration-ransomware-attack-dallasstatescoop.comhttps://statescoop.com/clay-county-indiana-county-website-ransomware-attack/ipm.orghttps://www.ipm.org/2024-07-12/clay-county-on-disaster-declaration-after-servers-hit-in-ransomware-attackinfosecurity-magazine.comhttps://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/indiana-county-disaster-ransomware/