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  "description": "The Kiowa County town said its administrative email was disrupted, but no resident information, emergency services or utility operations were affected.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T21:44:10.000Z",
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    "Alexandria, Tennessee",
    "Palouse, Washington",
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  "textContent": "Mountain Park, Oklahoma, said a cybersecurity breach affected its Town Hall network after unauthorized access to municipal systems was identified May 11.\n\nThe town initially took all Town Hall systems offline as a precaution, but later determined that only its administrative system had been accessed, Town Clerk Shawn Norman said in an email to DysruptionHub. Norman said the system does not contain personal or identifiable information about residents.\n\nMountain Park sits in Kiowa County in southwestern Oklahoma, near the Wichita Mountains and about 40 miles northwest of Lawton. The town had an estimated 265 residents in 2024, according to Census Reporter, and census estimates show household and per capita incomes below both county and statewide levels.\n\nThe town said it requested help from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation on May 11 after identifying unauthorized access to municipal systems, according to a June 2 release posted June 3. State investigators are examining the incident under the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act, the town said.\n\nThe Town of Mountain Park, Oklahoma, posted a June 3 notice saying it requested Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation assistance after a cybersecurity breach affected the town’s computer network. (Town of Mountain Park)\n\nMountain Park initially said it had notified residents whose information may have been affected by the breach. Norman later said no resident information was affected because the Public Works Authority system was not breached.\n\nThe town’s administrative email was the only public-facing service disrupted, Norman said. No emergency services or utility operations were interrupted, and the town’s computer network is operating at near-regular status while it works with service providers and IT professionals to fully resolve the issue, he said.\n\n“The security of our community’s information is of the utmost importance,” town officials said in the June 2 release. “We are committed to full cooperation with OSBI and will continue working closely with investigators to identify whoever is responsible for this criminal activity.”\n\nNorman said the town received no ransom demands and found no ransomware on its systems. He said the town could not comment on whether data was copied or removed, or whether any third party may have been involved, because the OSBI investigation remains active.\n\nThe bureau is the only outside agency assisting Mountain Park with the investigation, Norman said.\n\n****Chip in once****\nIf this reporting helped you, a one-time tip helps cover hosting, tools and future investigations.\n\nTip us\n\n****Support us monthly****\nA small monthly pledge keeps independent coverage and our reader tools online for everyone.\n\nBecome a Supporter\n\nThe town has completed an internal restructure of internet services at Town Hall, updated employee security credentials and is working with an IT specialist on additional protections, Norman said.\n\nMountain Park’s breach adds to a series of recent cyber incidents affecting small local governments. Alexandria, Tennessee, shut down town computers after fraudulent Amazon orders tied to an account breach; Palouse, Washington, restored its city website from a hosting provider backup after a cyberattack; and Colebrook, New Hampshire, said a hacked town email prompted the state to cut some system connections, disrupting clerk, dispatch, motor vehicle and records-related access.\n\nMountain Park said it will provide another public update after OSBI concludes its investigation. The town’s network is operating at near-regular status, but the investigation has not resolved who was responsible, how the administrative system was accessed or whether any town data was copied or removed.\n\n****Attribution note:**** DysruptionHub credits upstream reporting and primary sources—see citations above. If this report informed your coverage, please cite DysruptionHub with a link.",
  "title": "Mountain Park, Oklahoma, says breach hit Town Hall system",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-03T21:47:58.631Z"
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