UPDATE: 5:59 p.m. 2/5/2025
Wexford County commissioners decided Wednesday afternoon that the county will spend $275,000 to recover and upgrade their systems.
Back in November, a cyberattack hit the county, taking some of those important systems off-line, like the register of deeds office.
With this approval, the county is hoping the register of deeds office will fully be online in two months.
1/31/2025
Wexford County is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after being hit with a ransomware attack. But it’s going to cost them thousands of dollars to recover.
The county administrator says county commissioners will be presented with contract bids that could cost the county $275,000 next week.
That money would go towards restoring county offices and for upgrades to prevent future cyberattacks.
County administrator, Joe Porterfield said they’re hoping that could bring the register of deeds office fully online in two months.
Wexford County has been dealing with the fallout from the cyber-attack since November.