{"id":58300,"date":"2017-11-20T13:39:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T19:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=58300"},"modified":"2017-11-20T13:39:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T19:39:47","slug":"illinois-county-suffers-malware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/illinois-county-suffers-malware-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois County Suffers Malware Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Malware Hits County Offices<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, Montgomery County offices in Illinois were impacted by a malware attack.\u00a0 The exact malware variant, and method of intrusion is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, various county offices are unable to complete daily tasks, and the phone systems are also down.<\/p>\n<p>As the story progresses, we will do our best to keep you up-to-date.\u00a0\u00a0It remains unclear how long the systems will be down.\u00a0 Although, county officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/montgomery-county-ill-government-offices-taken-offline-by-malware\/article\/708468\/\">reported <\/a>there are no concerns of data being breached due to this malware infection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malware Hits County Offices Last week, Montgomery County offices in Illinois were impacted by a malware attack.\u00a0 The exact malware variant, and method of intrusion is unknown at this time. 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