Anne Arundel County has restored some government employees’ internet access after a cyber incident stalled government services and closed county buildings last month. For now, county officials have not provided any new details regarding the investigation.

“We will provide more information on what occurred, which operations were affected, and the steps we are taking to strengthen our cybersecurity once it is appropriate. In the meantime, our priority continues to be restoring services in an orderly and secure manner,” County Executive Steuart Pittman said in a statement Friday.

The county limited employee access to the internet after the Feb. 22 incident. In the days after, some county employees were encouraged to work from home, and residents were encouraged to call individual departments to ensure they were operational before visiting.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Anne Arundel County Public Library were not affected.

County government and law enforcement officials, including the FBI, have since kept the details of the ongoing investigation sealed so as to not tip off the party responsible for the incident.

County officials did not say Monday which departments and services are still affected. Nor did they provide a timeline for when all services would be restored. It is also still unclear what initiated the incident, the extent of the financial damage and if any data was breached.

“I want to thank our Office of Information Technology for taking the appropriate steps to establish the most secure environment for restoring operations,” Pittman said in the Friday statement. “I also want to thank county agency heads led by the Office of Emergency Management for their continued support and innovation while we continued to respond to this incident.”

The county government created a website that operates as a central hub for services, answers to constituent questions and alternative payment methods. Pittman confirmed the government will continue to make accommodations for any late bill payments resulting from stalled systems.

For people unable to complete payments online, utility and tax bills are accepted at yellow payment drop boxes at the county’s three cashier locations:

44 Calvert St. in Annapolis.

101 N. Crain Hwy., in Glen Burnie.

2664 Riva Road in Annapolis.

County buildings partially reopened on Feb. 25, while some services remained down. Throughout the incident, 911 and 311 services remained intact, Pittman said.

In a Fox 45 appearance last week, he said the incident was mild compared to the cyberattacks in Baltimore that cost the city $18 million in 2019 and took down Baltimore’s 911 dispatch system for 17 hours in 2018.

A county spokesperson said most critical county services have remained available throughout the incident, including email.

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