Ransomware disrupts Fort Bend County Libraries services
The Fort Bend County Libraries system was crippled by a ransomware attack. The catalogue and borrower account services were disrupted, and in July 2025 it was forecast that the outage could last for months.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Fort Bend County Libraries
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Library system crippled and catalogue and borrower account services suspended
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It was disclosed that the library system had been crippled by a ransomware attack.
- It was forecast that the catalogue and borrower account services could be unavailable for months.
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