Several County offices across the state of Arkansas had to go offline or temporarily close after the company Apprentice Information Systems they use for its online servers suffered a cyber attack.
The attack caused empty desks, warning signs. and locked-out computers in a number of county offices in Arkansas.
Some counties were completely without internet for their officers, while some who used a different provider were unaffected.
This meant that the residents cannot assess, pay taxes, file deeds, search for deeds, no marriage license., etc.
Source: https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/over-thirty-arkansas-counties-impacted-by-cyber-attack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/state-of-arkansas_2
"id": "sta2218131222",
"linkid": "state-of-arkansas_2",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "11/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack on services used by the people such as government services like town halls, post office, services of the communes like the establishment of the driving licences, the establishment of the taxes..."{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['County offices across '
'Arkansas'],
'industry': 'Information Technology',
'location': 'Arkansas',
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'description': 'Several County offices across the state of Arkansas had to go '
'offline or temporarily close after the company Apprentice '
'Information Systems they use for its online servers suffered '
'a cyber attack. The attack caused empty desks, warning signs, '
'and locked-out computers in a number of county offices in '
'Arkansas. Some counties were completely without internet for '
'their officers, while some who used a different provider were '
'unaffected. This meant that the residents cannot assess, pay '
'taxes, file deeds, search for deeds, no marriage license, '
'etc.',
'impact': {'downtime': ['Offices offline', 'Temporary closures'],
'operational_impact': ['Residents unable to access services',
'Offices without internet'],
'systems_affected': ['Online servers', 'Internet services']},
'title': 'Cyber Attack on Apprentice Information Systems',
'type': 'Cyber Attack'}