United States
USA
Flint ransomware attack disables billing and communications systems
A ransomware attack began disrupting the City of Flint's network on 14 August 2024. Billing functionality, telephone systems and internal processes were impaired, council committee meetings were cancelled, and online water, sewer and tax payments remained unavailable until 6 September. Public safety, public works and public health services remained operational.
77
Estimated severity
77 / 100
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Source reliability
97 / 100
Approximate Date
14/08/2024
Targeted Company
CITY OF FLINT
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
Flint Michigan · United States
Operational Impact
Duration
23 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityService degradationOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information TechnologyFinanceCustomer Service
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
cityofflint.comhttps://www.cityofflint.com/internal-network-and-internet-outage-causes-disruptions-to-city-of-flint-online-services/flintbeat.comhttps://flintbeat.com/internal-network-internet-outage-disrupts-city-of-flints-online-services/flintbeat.comhttps://flintbeat.com/progress-made-to-restore-flint-services-after-cyber-attack/