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Cyber-attack shuts down Florida's Seminole County court clerk services

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A cyber-attack on the Seminole County court clerk's office in Florida shut down its website and court records services and forced the office to close. The office subsequently worked to restore services and said full restoration of online services was imminent. The office said Russian hackers had used artificial intelligence to carry out the attack.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Seminole County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
Incident type
Hacking & intrusion
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Website and court records services disrupted; office closed
Cause / method
Cyber-attack by Russian hackers using artificial intelligence
Location
United States

Timeline

  1. A cyber-attack shut down the website and court records services and forced the office to close.
  2. Online services were expected to be fully restored soon.
  3. The clerk's office continued working to restore services.
  4. The attack that disrupted court records services was linked to Russian hackers.
  5. The clerk's office said Russian hackers had used artificial intelligence to carry out the attack.

9 related reports

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