HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in a North Carolina county say some, but not all, services have been restored after a ransomware virus led to a shutdown of its entire computer network.
Orange County officials said Wednesday that staffers have disinfected 20 of the more than 120 infected computers.
Officials say aid from Person County helped the sheriff’s department’s patrol division function with little disruption, including one top-level priority, establishing access to a database that gives deputies access to criminal histories. Deputies could write reports, but they just couldn’t submit them over the county network.
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Officials say they’re aiming to re-establish Register of Deeds office services Wednesday.
Officials don’t believe any data was impacted and they say early detection and rapid response meant the damage wasn’t as severe as originally anticipated.
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