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Grimes County commissioners approve contingency payment for sheriff’s servers; staff warn of increased cyberattacks
Summary
The Grimes County Commissioners Court voted to pay for sheriff’s office servers from contingency funds and authorized the county auditor to make accounting adjustments. County staff also warned employees about heightened external network attacks detected during recent penetration testing.
Grimes County Commissioners Court voted to pay for the sheriff’s office servers from contingency funds and authorized the county auditor to make necessary accounting changes, the court said during its regular meeting.
The action, moved by Commissioner Chad Mallett and seconded by Commissioner David Tullis on agenda item 10, passed on a voice vote. The motion said the server purchase would be paid “through the contingency and allow the county auditor to do whatever necessary changes there are,” language recorded in the meeting transcript.
The vote followed public comments from county IT staff…
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