WARREN — The Trumbull County Recorder’s Office has temporarily suspended all e-filings and access to public information because of what has been described as an internet-type breach involving a third-party provider.

Recorder Dawn Zinni-Hanni said her office discovered a problem with its server Friday. Working with the county’s information technology division within the auditor’s office, it was determined the county should suspend all e-filings coming into the office “out of an abundance of caution.”

Zinni-Hanni said the yet-to-be-identified problem was caused by a vendor outside of the county. Customers are being advised filings can only take place in person with limited service.

On Tuesday, within moments of the opening of the commissioners weekly workshop meeting, Commissioner Denny Malloy called for an executive session to address security arrangements and emergency response protocols for a public body or a public office. Executive sessions allow commissioners to speak outside of the public view under particular circumstances, such as the disciplining of employees, contract negotiations and lawsuits among others.

Those participating in the executive session were Assistant County Prosecutor Bill Danso, Auditor Martha Yoder, Information Technology Auditor Tim Haniford, Commissioners Tony Bernard, Rick Hernandez and Malloy, as well as Zinni-Hanni.

The commissioners were in executive session for nearly 40 minutes before returning to the workshop.

After the executive session, Yoder issued a statement acknowledging there is an investigation involving a third-party vendor.

“At this time, we know that a third-party IT provider’s services to the county are not 100%,” Yoder said. “This has impacted our ability to provide services to our constituents. Since we became aware of the situation last Friday, our IT team has worked around the clock and through the weekend to ensure our IT systems are secure and restore constituent services.”

Yoder noted that the county anticipates new information will be discovered.

“We have no reason to believe now that our systems or data are at risk,” she said.

Hernandez, the county commissioner president, described the issue as being “… some sort of an internet-type breach.”

“I’m confident this will be resolved,” Hernandez said.

Malloy said what happened in Trumbull has happened in other communities across the country that have worked with this vendor.

However, he added that Trumbull’s IT team caught what was happening with the vendor very early in the process.