Odessa’s municipal court remained closed Friday after the city detected a “malicious script” in its system early Thursday.
A web alert said that IT staff and cybersecurity professionals had removed it but were continuing to reactivate the system Thursday.
Friday’s update said the court will reopen Monday, and court hearings would be rescheduled.
The city has about 116,000 residents.
Odessa Suffers System Outage Due to 'Malicious Script'
City IT discovered a malicious script that left some systems offline Thursday and Friday; the city disclosed the incident on its website.
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