Texas city takes systems offline after cyberattack

The government of Abilene, Texas, has shut down some of its systems due to a cyberattack.

City officials said they became aware of the incident on Friday when they received reports of unresponsive servers within the city’s internal network. IT staff immediately began disconnecting the affected systems and cybersecurity experts have been hired to investigate the issue. 

“Out of an abundance of caution, certain systems have been taken offline. However, emergency services are still up and running with the continued ability to timely assist, and no unidentified financial activity has been detected,” the city said on Monday.

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