
After an interview with City Manager Gabriel Gonzalez, the news outlet reported the breach happened about 2 a.m. Monday and was detected by 4 a.m., resulting in the city shutting down the compromised system followed by phone and Internet services as a preventive measure.
The Texas Department of Public Safety Cyber Security unit launched an investigation Monday, Gonzalez said.
High points of the story include:
- Data was encrypted early Monday
- Officials don’t believe any data was stolen
- Data is backed up in the cloud
- City financial data wasn’t attacked
- Officials believe they will be back online by Friday