Ellis County Isolates Systems After Ransomware Attack Discovered

Ellis County, Kansas, said it discovered a ransomware attack affecting parts of its information technology systems on Thursday morning. County officials said they immediately isolated the affected systems to contain the disruption and brought in cybersecurity experts to assist with the response.

The county warned that some services would be affected, but said public safety services would not be disrupted. The supplied report does not identify the attackers, explain how the ransomware entered the systems, or provide details about data theft, encryption, ransom demands or the number of services affected.