City of Bardstown

City of Bardstown

The city of Bardstown suffered a ransomware attack which affected most of its services.

The city received isolated reports of connectivity issues and immediately worked to address these as quickly as possible.

The city officials said that if any personal, identifiable information was compromised they will inform the potentially affected individuals directly and provide details of the next steps.

However, the city immediately started the investigation and restored some of its systems, however, some internal computers were still impacted.

Source: https://www.kystandard.com/content/city-confirms-ransomware-hack-last-weekend

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-bardstown

"id": "cit152161222",
"linkid": "city-of-bardstown",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "09/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
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                        'location': 'Bardstown',
                        'name': 'City of Bardstown',
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                'affected most of its services. The city received isolated '
                'reports of connectivity issues and immediately worked to '
                'address these as quickly as possible. The city officials said '
                'that if any personal, identifiable information was '
                'compromised they will inform the potentially affected '
                'individuals directly and provide details of the next steps. '
                'However, the city immediately started the investigation and '
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