Stevens Point servers go offline, city officials not sure if caused by a cyberattack
Stevens Point is investigating whether a cyberattack took city servers offline and disrupted municipal phone and email.
Stevens Point officials are investigating after several city servers went offline early Wednesday, disrupting municipal phone and email and leaving employees unable to reach some systems. Councilwoman Andrea Olson said city IT notified staff and council members of a cyberattack, while officials have not confirmed that an attack caused the outage. No data-loss figures, ransom demand, or attacker were reported.
- City servers went offline Wednesday, disrupting phone, email, and some systems.
- IT notified staff of a cyberattack, but officials have not confirmed the cause.
- No ransom demand, stolen-record count, or named attacker was reported.
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Brandi Makuski reports: Stevens Point officials are investigating a possible cyberattack after several city computer servers went offline early Wednesday, disrupting municipal phone and email services and leaving employees unable to access some city systems. District 4 Councilwoman Andrea Olson said city IT employees notified staff and council members of a cyberattack in a 6:51... Source
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