Brazil, Indiana — Clay County EMA officials report that the Clay County Courthouse, Community Corrections, and Clay County Probation offices have suffered a ransomware cyberattack that has significantly disrupted services of those departments. As a result, a state of emergency/disaster has been declared within the county, to allow county officials to take advantage of the special authority and resources provided under the Indiana Code to protect lives and property, and to investigate and resolve issues.
View the full text from Clay County EMA’s Facebook post here
In a follow up post, the Clay County EMA had this to say:
“I understand that there is a significant amount of interest in the recent cyber security incident involving Clay County. We are taking this matter very seriously and have all teams working diligently to investigate and resolve this incident.
We have engaged our internal cyber security team, as well as external experts, to assist in the investigation.I can confirm that we are making progress and will provide updates as soon as we have more information to share. We have established a website to provide operating status updates, www.ClayCounty.IN.gov, as we methodically restore systems and Courthouse operations.As we are fully focused on the response and restoration effort, we will not be accommodating media interviews. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to resolve this incident as quickly as possible.”
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