United States
USA
BlackCat ransomware disrupts municipal services and closes Wheat Ridge City Hall
A ransomware incident detected on August 29 disrupted Wheat Ridge municipal servers and networks, closing City Hall and most municipal public services and limiting recreation-center operations. The city subsequently identified BlackCat ransomware; emergency 911 services and several essential functions continued operating.
78
Estimated severity
78 / 100
93
Source reliability
93 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-08-29
Targeted Company
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE
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
Colorado · United States
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Facility shutdownService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Customer ServiceFacilities & Physical OperationsInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
BLACKCAT
Sources
Incident Sources
ngazette.comhttps://ngazette.com/wheat-ridge-restoring-its-systems-says-no-to-ransom-demand/cbsnews.comhttps://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/wheat-ridge-server-network-outage-city-services/cbsnews.comhttps://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/wheat-ridge-network-outage-remains-ongoing-affecting-city-services/