There's several possibilities as to why everything post 1977 is now unavailable. Title searches are possible only on paper records dated before 1977. ![]() Somerset County Clerk and Surrogate services that depend on access to county databases are temporarily unavailable, such as land records, vital statistics, and probate records. Network-linked computers remain turned off, and county emails cannot be received or responded to by county personnel. Somerset County offices and buildings remain open for business as the County continues to evaluate the severity of yesterday’s ransomware cyberattack. Somerset County's statement reads as follows in relation to the attack which happened last Tuesday: When ransomware locks down a chunk of historical data, things apparently become much more convoluted. Everything slows down a little, but they're still able to function in the here and now for the most part. This is a common feature of healthcare compromises. When a ransomware attack takes out an organization, they often revert to pen and paper to keep things ticking over. Somerset County, New Jersey, has been hit so hard by a network assault that they've ended up in the direst straits imaginable, with county databases unavailable to provide information on land records and probate records, and with title searches only available for paper records that were entered before 1977. ![]() We can now add "a ransomware attack" to this once static list. Led Zeppelin! Jimmy Carter! Saturday Night Fever!
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