Security News > 2020 > November > Attack on Vendor Affects Website of Arizona Court System
A internet interruption resulting from a ransomware attack on a hosting provider has limited functionality of the Arizona state court system's webpage for most of this week, according to the vendor and court officials.
The court system acknowledged the continuing problem in a brief notice on the judicial branch's azcourts.
"To ensure the integrity of our customers' data, the limited number of impacted sites were immediately taken offline. Upon further investigation and out of an abundance of caution, we took down our entire system to ensure further customer sites were not compromised,".
Aaron Nash, the court system's spokesman, told the Arizona Republic that the impact appears to be limited to information connected with the azcourts.
Gov website and does not affect individual court or clerk's offices.