22 Texas towns hit by ransomware attacks

Ransomware hackers have hit 22 systems of government agencies in Texas. The Texas Department of Information Resources said that evidence is pointing towards a single threat factor.

San Francisco: At least 22 government agencies in the US state of Texas have been hit ransomware hackers in what appears to be a coordinated cyberattack.

The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), which is leading the response to the ransomware attack against entities across Texas, on Tuesday said that evidence continues to point to a single threat factor.

The cyberattack started on August 16. The majority of the 22 entities hit by the attack were smaller local governments.

"Responders have engaged with all 22 entities to assess the impact to their systems and bring them back online," DIR said.

"More than 25 per cent of the impacted entities have transitioned from response and assessment to remediation and recovery, with some entities back to operations as usual," it added.

DIR did not reveal many details about the attack as 'this is an ongoing federal investigation'.