City of Abilene Goes Offline in Wake of Cyberattack

The City of Abilene, Texas experienced a cyberattack on April 18 that caused internal servers to become unresponsive and led officials to disconnect affected assets and take certain systems offline while outside cybersecurity experts investigate; emergency services continue to operate but payment/phone systems were disrupted. The brief also notes a recent breach of the Lower Sioux Indian Community with operational impacts, and that a known criminal group, RansomHub, has claimed responsibility for that incident and other attacks.