United States
USA
Cyber intrusion disrupts Augusta municipal systems and public services
On 21 May 2023 Augusta, Georgia discovered unauthorized network access that disrupted municipal computer systems and online administration. Restoration affected citizen-service workflows until municipal systems returned to normal; BlackByte claimed the incident, without independent confirmation that its ransomware payload caused the outage.
68
Estimated severity
68 / 100
84
Source reliability
84 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-05-21
Targeted Company
CITY OF AUGUSTA
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
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Operational disruptionService degradation
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Customer ServiceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Unauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
BLACKBYTE
Sources
Incident Sources
therecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/augusta-georgia-no-contact-with-ransomware-attackertheregister.comhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2023/05/26/blackbyte-lists-city-of-augusta-after-cyber-incident/1023043augustagoodnews.comhttps://augustagoodnews.com/all-systems-go-city-of-augustas-network-back-up-and-running/