From The Tribune staff reports
ST. CLAIR COUNTY — On Tuesday, St. Clair County was the target of a cyber attack.
In a news release, Paul Manning, Chairman of the St. Clair County Commission said, on Sept. 21, 2020, the county began taking actions to “mitigate and remediate any hardware or software which may have been compromised” during the cyber attack.
“No data has been allowed to leave the County system,” said Manning. “The County and its professionals are working closely with its cyber-security specialists to restore the County to a fully functioning environment.”
Manning also says the county is working with authorities to locate those responsible.
“St. Clair County will work with all applicable law enforcement agencies to seek out the criminals responsible for this cowardly attack,” said Manning. “The County will share any findings and discoveries so as to assist other local governments, etc. in defense of future attacks.”
Manning says the attack will cause certain inconveniences for the general public over the upcoming days, although specifics were not provided.