United States
USA
Mitchell County ransomware disrupts communications and county systems
Mitchell County determined that unauthorized access occurred between 16 and 20 October 2025 and that ransomware encrypted files and involved data theft. Secondary incident reporting documents several days of email and telephone disruption during response and restoration, producing a material degradation of county service delivery.
68
Estimated severity
68 / 100
83
Source reliability
83 / 100
Approximate Date
16/10/2025
Targeted Company
MITCHELL 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
North Carolina · United States
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
ERP or business system disruptionService degradationOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
RansomwareUnauthorized accessData exfiltration
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
mitchellcountync.govhttps://www.mitchellcountync.gov/notice-of-data-security-incident/hipaajournal.comhttps://www.hipaajournal.com/mitchell-county-social-services-360-dental-giacare-data-breaches/dysruptionhub.comhttps://dysruptionhub.com/mitchell-county-nc-ransomware-dss-phi/mitchellcountync.govhttps://www.mitchellcountync.gov/statement-on-mitchell-county-data-security-incident/