"Indiana County Files Disaster Declaration Following Ransomware Attack"
A County in Indiana has recently filed a disaster declaration following a ransomware attack on local government networks, which has prevented the administration of critical services. Clay County made the declaration after confirming the incident, which resulted in an inability to operate Clay County Courthouse and Clay County Probation/Community Corrections facilities. No group has so far been identified as being behind the attack, which was first detected on July 9. The Clay County incident follows a swathe of other recent ransomware attacks on local government services in the US. Fulton County, Georgia, Jackson County, Missouri, and Cleveland, Ohio, also recently confirmed that their government systems were hit by ransomware attacks.