Wichita County moves to prevent future cyberattacks

Wichita County will spend about $26,000 to prevent another cyberattack like the one that took down the county's computer system on May 7.

County commissioners voted Tuesday to buy a FortiNet FortiGate program and the services of trained specialists. The expense had already been budgeted.

The vote came following a closed-door session among commissioners.

County leaders haven't said much about the attack.

"At this time, we are limited in the information we can provide," County Judge Jim Johnson said of an ongoing investigation into the hack. "We need time to work through this with the specialist teams we have engaged."

He said the county retained experts to deal with both restoration of the system and investigation into the incident.

Johnson said county offices had largely restored normal functions.