DUPAGE CO., Ill. – Multiple DuPage County government agencies, including the Sheriff’s Office, were the targets of a ransomware attack on Monday, officials said.
The county said its systems were taken offline due to the attack.
What we know:
Around 2:30 a.m., the county was made aware of the incident that impacted the sheriff’s office, the 18th Judicial Circuit Court, and the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, according to a statement by county officials.
In-person court operations were minimally impacted and were expected to continue as scheduled.
The outage did not have any impact on jail operations or public safety. No other county operations were impacted, officials said. The Sheriff’s Office will cancel chancery sales this week.
The county contacted the FBI and Secret Service and the matter was under investigation.
Officials confirmed it was a ransomware attack later in the afternoon and they were still trying to figure out the full extent of the attack.
What we don’t know:
It was unclear what the origin of the ransomware attack was as of Monday evening.