On December 6, TXK reported: A ransomeware (sic) cyber onslaught has struck city computers causing outages across Bowie and Miller Counties. According to Bowie County 202nd district court justice john Tidwell, the computers at the Courthouse and BiState get been shut down today along with other agencies. Read more on TXK Today. Today, Texarkana posted an update on the city’s site: Ransomware assault on Texarkana water utility servers On Sunday, december 6, 2020, the Texarkana water Utilitys Information technology Department noticed suspicious activity on the network that serves Bowie County, and the Cities of Texarkana, arkansas and Texarkana, Texas. spell this is still a developing situation, there are a few facts that can be confirmed: The network service these entities was attacked by ransomware. It is unknown how long the ransomware was on the network before it was detected, but it has been confirmed that it existed prior to Thursday, november 26, 2020. There was a data incident, but at this time there is no evidence that personal information has been compromised. There will not live an interruption to water services as a result of this event. There is an ongoing investigation into this matter, and to protect the integrity of that process, some info will not be released at this time. The process of repairing PCs and systems is ongoing. The scope of this event is not yet understood. h/t, @Chum1ng0