Coryell County Works to Restore Systems After Technology Disruption

Coryell County is working to restore systems affected by a technology disruption while officials investigate the incident and maintain essential government services.

County officials said Aug. 6 that the disruption affected certain systems and that county employees and technology professionals had been working to restore services and support ongoing operations. Emergency services and other essential public-safety functions remained available during the response.

Those officials have not publicly identified the cause of the disruption or specified which systems were affected. The county said technical professionals and investigators would need to conduct further review before they can reach conclusions and meeting applicable legal and regulatory obligations.

As of Aug. 7, officials had not said whether unauthorized access occurred, whether county data was affected or whether the disruption involved ransomware or another type of cyber incident.

The disruption comes as Coryell County continues a transition of its IT services. Commissioners selected Goldsmith Solutions in October 2025 to provide managed IT services after considering the matter in a meeting that included a closed discussion of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. The company was selected on a 3-2 vote.

The county has continued working through the IT transition this year. In April, commissioners received an update on the effort, adopted an IT purchasing policy and approved $39,000 in proposed Fiscal Year 2026 IT projects.

Technology needs also surfaced during county budget discussions in May. A Goldsmith Solutions representative told commissioners that 53 percent of county devices needed immediate attention or repair while 16 percent were fully up to date, according to local reporting. The representative estimated that the county's next IT budget could range from $400,000 to $500,000.

The Coryell County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss the transition of IT services during its Aug. 11 meeting. The agenda also calls for a closed session concerning network infrastructure and security, security assessments or deployments involving IT resources, network security information and critical infrastructure-related security matters.

The county has not publicly connected that closed-session discussion to the technology disruption. Because the security item is scheduled for executive session, the substance of the discussion is not expected to be part of the public meeting recording. Commissioners could, however, take related action after returning to open session.

County officials have said additional information about the disruption will be released through official channels as it becomes available.