Dollars or data likely motivated Albemarle County cyber incident, UVA expert says

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – Since Albemarle County announced it experienced a cyber security incident, there seems to be more questions than answers.

It started with an alert on Thursday, June 12, that the county’s internet was down, followed by the admission that actually, a cyber security incident was ongoing since earlier this week.

Albemarle County has since revealed to 29News the internet was intentionally shut off, at the direction of cybersecurity and IT experts…

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