Wise County Sheriff’s Office Systems Hit by Hackers

The Wise County Sheriff’s Office has reported to the Texas Office of the Attorney General that its systems were hit twice by hackers, disrupting public records operations and leaving some request records inaccessible.

Wise County is northwest of Fort Worth and had an estimated population of 83,778 as of July 1, 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The sheriff’s office filed a catastrophe notice with the attorney general’s office for a suspension period running from June 22 through June 28. The notice lists Records Clerk Amy Roskilly as the contact and identifies the governmental body as the Wise County Sheriff’s Office in Decatur.

“All our systems were hit twice by hackers last week,” the office wrote in the notice. The sheriff’s office said it could not access systems for record retrieval or print incoming public information requests. It also said logged and saved requests were gone and would have to be rebuilt from sent email files.

According to the notice, systems had not been fully restored and there was no estimated restoration time. It also said some lost material “may never be retrieved.”

The public notice does not say whether personal information was accessed, whether ransomware was involved or whether any outside agency or cybersecurity vendor is assisting with recovery. The Texas attorney general’s public data breach reporting site does not show a separate breach notice for the Wise County Sheriff’s Office as of this writing.