“The City of Mission, Texas, has suffered a cybersecurity incident such that the entire City computer server is at severe risk of a cyberattack that could release protected personal information, protected health information, civil and criminal records, and/or any and all other data held by the City of Mission and all departments within the City,” she told Abbott. Mayor Norie Gonzalez Garza sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday urging him to declare a more expansive state of emergency for the city while she filed a local state of disaster declaration herself. The government of Mission, Texas, filed a state of emergency declaration this week after a cyberattack exposed all of the data held on city systems. Officials at the Texas Division of Emergency Management did not respond to requests for comment and the Department of Information Resources referred a request to the city of Mission. In the last six months, Texas municipalities have been hit repeatedly by ransomware attacks that have stifled city systems and limited access to everything from hospitals to energy utilities and oil giants. The city government notified residents of the incident on Wednesday, telling them cybercriminals targeted portions of their network. City leaders sent a memo to government workers on Tuesday warning that much of the IT system was shut down due to the incident.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:15:04 +0000