Columbia, South Carolina says cyberattack took city service systems offline
Original title: South Carolina officials offer assistance after state capital hit with cyberattack
MyColaSC, GIS, and animal services are down, while police, fire, 911, and water systems remain up.
Columbia, South Carolina, said it is responding to a cyberattack that shut down several government systems after its IT department found suspicious activity. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is leading the investigation. Residents cannot use MyColaSC to pay utility bills or report non-emergency issues, and Geographic Information Systems and animal-services systems are also affected. The city said police, fire, 911, Columbia Water, and the Payment Center, including online payments, remain operational. It did not say whether the incident is ransomware, and no group had claimed credit as of Wednesday.
Unconfirmed: The city has not confirmed ransomware, and no hacking group has claimed the incident.
- Columbia has about 150,000 residents and is the state capital.
- The city asked residents to phone in reports of potholes, fallen trees, and broken streetlights.
- SLED declined to comment and referred questions to city officials.
- The city did not answer whether the incident is ransomware.
Impact: City service platforms taken offline
- Products
- MyColaSC
- Victims
- City of Columbia
- Organizations
- South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
- Countries
- United States
From the original article
2 min read at therecord.mediaThe systems impacted by the attack include the MyColaSC platform that citizens use to pay utility bills, report non-emergency issues and access other city services.
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