Traffic & Road Closures

Repairs of KC Scout outage may take months after cyberattack: Transportation officials

The Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation say repairs may take months after a cyberattack prompted officials to shut down the KC Scout cameras and information boards across the metro.
The Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation say repairs may take months after a cyberattack prompted officials to shut down the KC Scout cameras and information boards across the metro. Kansas City Scout traffic camera

The Kansas City Scout outage could stretch on for months after a cyberattack last Thursday prompted officials to shut down the traffic information system for the metro area.

All real-time traffic cameras and information boards are down because of the outage, according to the Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation.

Anyone searching for critical traffic information across the metro area can use modot.org in Missouri or KanDrive.gov in Kansas.

Transportation officials said it’s too early to estimate exactly when repairs will be finished.

Andrea Klick
The Kansas City Star
Andrea Klick was a breaking news reporter for The Kansas City Star. She studied journalism and political science at the University of Southern California and grew up near Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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