City of Coweta

Profile narrative

The City of Coweta is a municipal government that provides essential public services to the residents of Coweta, Oklahoma. These services include water supply and wastewater management, emergency response through police and fire departments, and maintenance of local infrastructure such as roads and public facilities. The city also handles utility billing and collection, allowing residents to pay for water and other municipal services online or in person. Its operations are supported by various municipal departments that coordinate to deliver day‑to‑day governance.

As a local government entity, the City of Coweta serves the geographic area within its municipal boundaries, focusing on the needs of its community rather than a broader commercial market. While specific population or employee figures are not disclosed in the available sources, the city’s scope is limited to the delivery of municipal functions within its jurisdiction. The city maintains separate information technology systems for different functions, including a dedicated isolated network for emergency services to ensure continuity during cyber incidents.

In August 2026 the city experienced a system‑wide ransomware attack involving the Anubis strain that encrypted files, documents and municipal financial systems. Officials chose not to pay the ransom, citing prior experience where payment resulted in reinfection, and confirmed that credit card and payment data stored on a separate cloud service remained uncompromised. During the outage, water shutoff penalties were suspended and residents could still pay utility bills through online or in‑person channels. The city engaged contracted IT specialists, cyber insurers, local police and the FBI to examine server logs and began restoring operations from an offsite backup. Following the incident, the city announced plans to upgrade authentication to passkeys to strengthen its security posture.

Incidents

1 incident linked to this organisation.