A virus shut down many city operations this week, including phone and internet services for several departments.
City departments lost phone and internet service in the downtown area, including city hall, the Beatrice Police Department and city auditorium, which houses Beatrice Fire and Rescue.
It’s believed that the outage was caused by a virus installed by an outside hacker.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/virus-shuts-down-city-services-in-beatrice-nebraska/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/beatrice-police-dept
"id": "bea211028922",
"linkid": "beatrice-police-dept",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "09/2018",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Sector',
'location': 'Beatrice',
'name': 'City of Beatrice',
'type': 'Local Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unknown',
'description': 'A virus shut down many city operations this week, including '
'phone and internet services for several departments. City '
'departments lost phone and internet service in the downtown '
'area, including city hall, the Beatrice Police Department and '
'city auditorium, which houses Beatrice Fire and Rescue. It’s '
'believed that the outage was caused by a virus installed by '
'an outside hacker.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'Several Departments',
'operational_impact': 'Shutdown of City Operations',
'systems_affected': ['Phone Services', 'Internet Services']},
'threat_actor': 'Outside Hacker',
'title': 'Virus Shutdown of City Operations',
'type': 'Virus'}