WEXFORD COUNTY — New details emerging about the impact of a cyberattack that paralyzed some services in one Northern Michigan County, 10 months after it happened. That includes the hefty cost that came with it.

Wexford County Administrator Joe Porterfield said the cyberattack cost the county hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“It was costly. And I can’t apologize enough to our taxpayers that this happened. We’re working hard to make sure that, you know, any future attacks are minimal. The security of the public’s information is critical, and we have to spend what it’s going to take to protect them as best we can,” said Porterfield.

The attacks happened back on election day in 2024 but the effects of it went on for months.

Porterfield said it ended up stopping real estate transactions fo

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