“But it’s everyday an occurring problem, people trying to hack into the systems and get the codes and then try to hold you hostage for that information.
“It’s a cost that goes on the bottom line and we have to deal with it,” Dixon said. You’ve got people trying to hack government sites everyday.”Ĭommissioner Don Dixon said Butler County’s cost to rectify the malware attack is miniscule compared to the $5 million the Colonial Pipeline paid to hackers in order to reopen 5,500 miles of pipeline. “But by no means feel the threats aren’t still out there. We’ve been able to work through all the safeguards we’ve put in place,” Dwyer said. There’s a small, small amount that was lost. “We’ve pretty much run that gamut and we were able to recover all of our data, almost in the entirety. He told the Journal-News things are back to normal now and “our security measures have been ramped up and I feel pretty good about where we’re going.” Dwyer said they hired a security consultant to sort out the mess. The sheriff’s systems are separate from the rest of the county so other offices were not infiltrated. Explore Butler County eyeing cyber security after sheriff’s office malware attack