Phone and technology outages that plagued Albemarle County last month were caused by a ransomware attack, officials said in a statement on Friday.
The county warned residents that it “appears likely” the hackers accessed the data of local government and public school employees — including their driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, military IDs and more.
Some of the 112,000 residents of the county, home to the city of Charlottesville, also may have had their names, addresses and Social Security numbers exposed. The county said it is still conducting its investigation into the ransomware attack, which was initially discovered on the morning of June 11…