KANSAS CITY —KC Scout, the bi-state initiative between the Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation to provide travel and traffic information and service for the Kansas City metro area, suffered a cyberattack on April 25.
Services continue to be offline which includes dynamic message boards, the website and cameras connected to KC Scout. Staff have and continue to evaluate impacts.
Immediate and critical traffic information impacting the KC metro area is being shared through modot.org in Missouri and KanDrive.gov in Kansas.
The Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation understand this is frustrating to partners and the traveling public. Work on service restoration is underway.
It is too early to provide an estimate, but it is expected to be months before restoration can be anticipated. The DOTs and KC Scout ask for continued patience from partners and the public as efforts to restore services continue.
The Kansas and Missouri DOTs remind motorists that emergency services are still available in Kansas and Missouri. Kansas Highway Patrol Motorist Assist Vehicle (MAV) continue to proactively run routes and respond to incidents in their jurisdiction.
MoDOT Emergency Response Continue to proactively run routes and respond to incidents in their jurisdiction. While real-time data is not available via KC Scout services, the Missouri and Kansas traveler information sites, apps, and phone numbers are providing limited information on the KC metro area via phone and website/app:• Missouri: Call 888.275.6636 or visit www.modot.org• Kansas: Call 511 or visit KanDrive.gov