Bernalillo County

Bernalillo County

The computer systems of Bernalillo County fell victim to a ransomware attack in January 2021.

The attack caused the county to take affected systems offline and close most of the county buildings like the Metropolitan Detention Center to the public.

The county immediately started the investigation and scanned systems in all the departments to further analyze the effect of the attack.

Source: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2022-01-05/bernalillo-county-reports-suspected-ransomware-attack

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bernalillo-county

"id": "ber11522422",
"linkid": "bernalillo-county",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "01/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Bernalillo County, New Mexico',
                        'name': 'Bernalillo County',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'date_detected': 'January 2021',
 'description': 'The computer systems of Bernalillo County fell victim to a '
                'ransomware attack in January 2021. The attack caused the '
                'county to take affected systems offline and close most of the '
                'county buildings like the Metropolitan Detention Center to '
                'the public. The county immediately started the investigation '
                'and scanned systems in all the departments to further analyze '
                'the effect of the attack.',
 'impact': {'operational_impact': ['Systems taken offline',
                                   'County buildings closed to the public'],
            'systems_affected': ['Computer systems of Bernalillo County',
                                 'Metropolitan Detention Center']},
 'investigation_status': 'Investigation started',
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Taking affected systems offline'],
              'remediation_measures': ['Investigation',
                                       'Scanning systems in all departments']},
 'title': 'Bernalillo County Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}
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