Killeen city officials are providing an update on the current cyber attack in August

KILLEEN, Texas – Editor's Note: The attached video Airing August 8th.

According to a city report, the Aug. 7 security breach that affected the City of Killeen's internal systems did not result in any citizens' personal information being compromised.

In addition to no personal information being compromised, the city said all of its servers were fully restored within a week and the nearly 1,200 desktops and laptops that were part of the city's property were not affected by the cybersecurity breach .

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According to the city, the network outage lasted approximately 36 hours in total and the ransomware incident occurred after BlackSuit Ransomware accessed the city's systems via a virtual private network (VPN) account in July 2024 and on the day the breach occurred and was reported to have started encrypting files.

“Council’s support saved us,” Willie Resto, Killeen’s executive director of information technology, said in an update Tuesday. “These backups allowed us to restore without paying a ransom. My job is to protect the operating systems to ensure business operations continue without interruption.”

Resto says the city spent a total of about $37,000 in budget funds on a forensic audit and software repairs. A presentation on this topic was also provided and can be viewed on the city's website here.