Nassau Bay Reports Cyber Attack

Nassau Bay announced last week that city systems were hit by a cybersecurity incident in May.

An online notice, posted Nov. 22, said that city officials continue investigating the cyber crime with the help of a third-party cybersecurity vendor. Some systems and files were compromised, resulting in unauthorized access, file encryption and system theft.

“As part of the investigation, we engaged leading third-party cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents,” the notice said. “The investigation aimed to determine the extent of the activity, and whether individual personal information, if any, may have been accessed or acquired by an unauthorized third party.”

They believe that compromised information included full names, addresses, birthdays, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, medical information and financial information, among other data.

The city reported the incident to the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) Data Security Breach Reports website, and the breach affected more than 8,500 people. The OAG report was published Nov. 22.

The city is between Houston and Galveston.