Attack on Georgia court clerks' support agency disrupts services
A cyber-attack on a Georgia court clerks' support agency disrupted court services across the state. Court clerks' offices received advance warning thanks to a tip from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the agency thwarted the ransomware attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption of Georgia court services
- Cause / method
- Attempted ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- A Georgia court filing agency warned of service outages following a suspected ransomware incident.
- The disruption of court services across the state and the advance warning via an FBI tip were disclosed.
- It was disclosed that the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority had thwarted the ransomware attack.
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