Hackers say they’ve stolen 150GB of sensitive information. County officials remain tight-lipped as residents wonder if their personal data is at risk.
🚨 Why It Matters: Your personal information could be compromised if you’ve interacted with Cobb County services. This attack threatens to disrupt essential government functions that thousands of residents depend on daily.
🔍 What’s Happening: The Qilin ransomware gang publicly claimed responsibility yesterday for the March network breach that shut down Cobb County servers for a week.
- County officials previously acknowledged notifying only 10 people about compromised data
- Qilin posted sample documents allegedly stolen from county servers as proof of their claims
💻 Between the Lines: County services including courthouse filing, jail databases, and public Wi-Fi were disabled when IT staff detected unauthorized users. The county says it did not pay any money to the hackers…