Santee pays $603,000 to third-party company after ‘cybersecurity incident'

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The city said it's investigating what information may have been compromised as well as what led up to the incident but that it could take weeks or even months…

The city said it's investigating what information may have been compromised as well as what led up to the incident but that it could take weeks or even months to complete its probe

According to a statement sent from the city to NBC 7, the attack impacted the computer network that services administration offices, but “there was no impact to any systems that support 911 services, and the outage did not cause any public safety issues.” They added that the city remained open for business and that it brought in “certain third parties” to help. According to an agenda item for Santee City Council’s Sept. 25 meeting, $603,000 was paid to a company called Coveware on Sept. 10.

 

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