Georgia county threatened with release of documents after ransomware attack
In January 2024, the largest county in the US state of Georgia was hit by a cyberattack. The attackers threatened to release Trump documents related to the Georgia case unless they received a ransom. Even after the ransom deadline passed, the county continued its recovery through March.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- The attackers threatened to release Trump documents related to the Georgia case unless a ransom was paid.
- A new ransom payment deadline passed, and the countdown to the documents' release disappeared from the attackers' website.
- Georgia's largest county was still recovering from the January cyberattack.
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