SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- What happened in Sugar Land is a reason experts say everyone should be careful about where you store your credit card information.

The big, bolded, blue message at the top of Sugar Land's website instantly lets people know something is wrong. The statement reads that the city was hit with a cyber event, and is working with law enforcement.

Because of it, certain services, including utility bill payment, and permitting is down. ABC13 asked Lonestar Forensic Group's managing director, Eric Devlin, about what could've happened.

"If you're not sure exactly what's occurred, you will call it a cyber event," Devlin explained. "If you know that you're being attacked, being hacked, or breached, they'll sometimes call it either way. The language can be changed eithe

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