The Town of St.Marys is investigating a cyber security incident that has locked its internal server and encrypted its data.
Officials say the incident happened on Wednesday and staff have taken immediate steps to secure any sensitive information, including locking down the Town’s IT systems and restricting access to email.
Stratford Police, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, and the town’s legal counsel have also been notified.
Cyber incident response experts have been brought in to investigate the source of the incident, restore its backup data, and assess the impacts on its information if any.
It could take days before the town’s systems are fully unlocked and decrypted.
Critical municipal services, like fire, police, transit, and water/wastewater systems aren’t impacted and are operating as usual.
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