United States
USA
Pottawatomie County ransomware disrupts tax, licensing and public administration services
A ransomware attack on September 17, 2021 encrypted several Pottawatomie County servers in Kansas, impairing treasurer functions, tax handling, drivers-license services, public geographic-information access and county email. Offices used manual workflows with slower transactions for residents; 911 and emergency systems were separately isolated and remained functional. The county publicly documented a USD 71,250 ransom payment and additional decryption fees.
77
Estimated severity
77 / 100
96
Source reliability
96 / 100
Approximate Date
2021-09-17
Targeted Company
POTTAWATOMIE 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
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
$0.08M
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Customer ServiceFinanceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
1350kman.comhttps://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Pottawatomie-County-10-1-2021.pdftherecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/when-ransomware-hits-rural-america1350kman.comhttps://1350kman.com/2021/09/pott-co-treasurers-office-hit-hard-by-cyberattack/wibw.comhttps://www.wibw.com/2021/10/01/pottawatomie-co-pays-hackers-restore-computer-systems-after-cyber-attack/