Cyber-attack on emergency alert system disrupts Spokane County operations
SpilloverSpillover from the Winona County incident · View original incident →A cyber-attack on a widely used emergency alert system disrupted operations in Spokane County. Other local governments across the US also had their operations disrupted by the same attack on the system.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Spokane County
- Original incident
- Winona County hit by ransomware attack
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption of operations related to the emergency alert system
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack on a widely used emergency alert system
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Disruptions to operations in Spokane County and local governments across the US caused by a cyber-attack on an emergency alert system became known.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Winona County incident.
Winona County hit by ransomware attack
Winona County in the US was hit by a ransomware attack. The specific date, the scale of damage and the response have not been confirmed.
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