MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The City of Germantown reported on social media Friday morning that the city government “is experiencing a malicious cybersecurity incident.”
The city received reports of the disruption at around 6 a.m., and many systems throughout the city were taken offline as a security measure.
The FBI says that it is assisting with the criminal investigation.
Reports say the attack was contained and has potentially impacted a limited number of internal, on-site servers. The servers were isolated and all network computers were shut down.