Dallas County employees are bracing for another cyber attack after a ransomware attack in May 2023 following issues in the City of Dallas.
The recent post showed on a list of active ransomware attacks committed by a person or group identified as “Play.”
It states “private documents of Dallas County departments” will go up for sale on the dark web unless an unspecified ransom is paid by Friday.
Dallas county employees are frustrated they weren’t notified earlier given they could fall victim to identity theft.
The personal information of 8,600 county employees personal information is compromised.
Almost two weeks later employees were notified of the security incident by a news release.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins stated “the investigation is still ongoing, we do not want to make premature assumptions…”.
Dallas County Ransomware Follows Dallas City Hall Attacks
The Dallas County ransomware incidents come just weeks after Dallas City Hall received reports about its ransomware incidents.
Both Dallas County and the City of Dallas seem grossly underprepared for the cyber fights coming to their front doors.