{"id":66952,"date":"2024-01-31T09:54:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=66952"},"modified":"2024-01-31T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:54:30","slug":"cyberattack-paralyzes-government-systems-in-georgias-fulton-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/cyberattack-paralyzes-government-systems-in-georgias-fulton-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberattack Paralyzes Government Systems in Georgia&#8217;s Fulton County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Georgia&#8217;s Fulton County, including parts of Atlanta, is experiencing an ongoing cyberattack that has paralyzed government systems, disrupting access to court filings, tax processing, and other services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The county&#8217;s District Attorney, Fani Willis, lost access to phones, the internet, and the court system website. Willis indicted former President Donald Trump in a 2020 election subversion case, although no link between the attack and the case has been declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pcmatic.com\/consumer\">PC Matic<\/a> Application Allowlisting prevents cybercriminals from running malware or ransomware on your network and endpoints to disrupt operations, steal sensitive data, encrypt files, or hold critical digital assets for ransom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, users enjoy the advantages of a VPN for online freedom, premium identity theft protection, bank and credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, and 100% USA-based phone support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Communication, court, and tax systems are affected, causing a widespread outage. The FBI is aware of the incident and is in contact with Fulton County&#8217;s IT department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such cyberattacks on state and local governments have been a persistent issue, with the FBI working to help entities guard against cyber threats. 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