The Brown County government website has been taken offline temporarily after its host was attacked by a “coordinated ransomware campaign.”

The site, browncounty-in.gov, is hosted by a company called Managed.com. When Brown County IT Director Ric Fox inquired about why the county government site was not working, Managed.com sent him a press release.

The release, dated yesterday, said that “on Nov. 16, the Managed.com environment was attacked by a coordinated ransomware campaign. To ensure the integrity of our customers’ data, the limited number of impacted sites were immediately taken offline,” and then, “upon further investigation and out of an abundance of caution, we took down our entire system to ensure further customer sites were not compromised.

“Our Technology and Information Security teams are working diligently to eliminate the threat and restore our customers to full capacity. Our first priority is the safety and security of your data. We are working directly with law enforcement agencies to identify the entities involved in this attack. As more information is available, we will communicate directly with you,” the release said.

Fox said that the only data on the county’s website that could potentially be exposed in an attack like this would be items that were already publicly available. The site contains ordinances and procedures for interacting with government agencies, contact information for county offices and officials, recordings and minutes of government meetings, and a county calendar.