{ "id": "204887ac-6992-4acc-80ea-6213a18b5af7", "created_at": "2026-04-06T00:20:54.711216Z", "updated_at": "2026-04-10T03:21:17.386558Z", "deleted_at": null, "sha1_hash": "ae579283aba73f9cc76474635445e22b21f6109c", "title": "Jacksonville Beach and other US municipalities report data breaches following cyberattacks", "llm_title": "", "authors": "", "file_creation_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "file_modification_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "file_size": 74304, "plain_text": "Jacksonville Beach and other US municipalities report data\r\nbreaches following cyberattacks\r\nBy Jonathan Greig\r\nPublished: 2024-03-21 · Archived: 2026-04-05 13:05:47 UTC\r\nThousands of people have had their information accessed by hackers following attacks on multiple state and local\r\ngovernments in recent months, according to new regulatory filings.\r\nThe city government of Jacksonville Beach was just the latest to report such an incident, disclosing  Wednesday\r\nevening that 48,949 people had personal information accessed during a January cyberattack. In letters to victims,\r\nthe city said names and Social Security numbers were obtained by the hackers.\r\n“On or about January 29, 2024, [City of Jacksonville Beach] began experiencing information system issues as a\r\nresult of a cybersecurity event,” the city said, noting that the investigation finished in late February.\r\n“This investigation determined that certain files in COJB systems were subject to unauthorized access and that\r\ninformation may have been taken from the network between January 22, 2024 through January 29, 2024. As a\r\nresult, COJB began a thorough review of the data stored within these files to determine the type of information\r\nwas contained within them and to whom the information relates.”\r\nIn February, the attack was claimed by the LockBit ransomware gang. In a separate statement on the city website\r\non Wednesday, officials acknowledged the posting and confirmed that they are still working with federal law\r\nenforcement agencies on the investigation. \r\nThe attack caused days of issues for the city government, knocking out its email system and forcing officials to\r\ntake in-person payments for energy services and more. Emergency services and waste services were not affected,\r\nthe city said.\r\n“While we have encountered some challenges with our accounting functions, I want to reassure our employees\r\nand vendors that we can process pension payroll and employee payroll. We are also making progress in restoring\r\nour ability to pay vendors, albeit in a limited fashion,” the city council said last month. \r\nA national issue\r\nThe Jacksonville Beach disclosure follows another Florida city — Pensacola — announcing a cyberattack earlier\r\nin the week that caused issues for the local government. It was the 21st U.S. municipality to announce a crippling\r\ncyberattack this year, according to cybersecurity experts. \r\nDallas, which was hit by a ransomware attack last year, updated this week the number of people who had data\r\nstolen during the incident to 26,499.\r\nhttps://therecord.media/jacksonville-beach-municipalities-hit-by-cyberattacks\r\nPage 1 of 3\n\n“The change in the number of Texans Impacted is based upon the completion of all forensics accounting activities\r\nof the breach and no further updates or changes are expected,” a spokesperson for the government of Dallas told\r\nRecorded Future News. \r\nThe government of Colorado has also provided an update on its own ransomware incident that occurred last\r\nmonth affecting the state’s Office of the Colorado State Public Defender. The incident began on February 9 when\r\nparts of their system were “locked with malware.”\r\nThey shut down systems in an effort to contain the attack and began notifying the public on February 11. \r\nThe hackers — who have yet to identify themselves publicly — gained access to names, Social Security numbers,\r\ndriver’s license numbers, identification card numbers, other government identification numbers, medical\r\ninformation and health insurance identification numbers.\r\nAll public defenders were locked out of the state systems for days following the attack, blocking them from\r\nlooking through case files.\r\nIn the statement provided by the office on Friday, officials said “certain administrative functions” have been\r\nrecovered but were vague when it came to concerns that the attack may affect the representation provided to those\r\nfacing charges. \r\n“If cases are affected, we will work to reschedule clients’ hearings and trials to ensure they are provided fulsome\r\nand effective representation,” they said, noting that trial postponements will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. \r\nThe office would not say if the outage would cause mistrials, only saying their focus “remains protecting the\r\nintegrity of justice and will address matters on a case-by-case basis.”\r\nGet more insights with the\r\nRecorded Future\r\nIntelligence Cloud.\r\nLearn more.\r\nNo previous article\r\nNo new articles\r\nhttps://therecord.media/jacksonville-beach-municipalities-hit-by-cyberattacks\r\nPage 2 of 3\n\nJonathan Greig\r\nis a Breaking News Reporter at Recorded Future News. Jonathan has worked across the globe as a journalist since\r\n2014. Before moving back to New York City, he worked for news outlets in South Africa, Jordan and Cambodia.\r\nHe previously covered cybersecurity at ZDNet and TechRepublic.\r\nSource: https://therecord.media/jacksonville-beach-municipalities-hit-by-cyberattacks\r\nhttps://therecord.media/jacksonville-beach-municipalities-hit-by-cyberattacks\r\nPage 3 of 3", "extraction_quality": 1, "language": "EN", "sources": [ "ETDA" ], "references": [ "https://therecord.media/jacksonville-beach-municipalities-hit-by-cyberattacks" ], "report_names": [ "jacksonville-beach-municipalities-hit-by-cyberattacks" ], "threat_actors": [], "ts_created_at": 1775434854, "ts_updated_at": 1775791277, "ts_creation_date": 0, "ts_modification_date": 0, "files": { "pdf": "https://archive.orkl.eu/ae579283aba73f9cc76474635445e22b21f6109c.pdf", "text": "https://archive.orkl.eu/ae579283aba73f9cc76474635445e22b21f6109c.txt", "img": "https://archive.orkl.eu/ae579283aba73f9cc76474635445e22b21f6109c.jpg" } }