Fulton County suffers power outages as cyberattack continues

Donny Jackson, Editor

February 1, 2024

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Fulton County suffers power outages as cyberattack continues

As Fulton County in Georgia continues to experience a cyberattack and a power outage, government systems are offline, and it’s unknown when they’ll become operational again.

Court filings, tax processing, and other services — including phone and Internet service, as well as the court system website — are reportedly also not functioning as usual.

District Attorney Fani Willis, who indicted President Trump and 18 others in 2020, has been particularly affected by this cyberattack, though no connection has been identified.

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About the Author

Donny Jackson

Editor, Urgent Communications

Donny Jackson is director of content for Urgent Communications. Before joining UC in 2003, he covered telecommunications for four years as a freelance writer and as news editor for Telephony magazine. Prior to that, he worked for suburban newspapers in the Dallas area, serving as editor-in-chief for the Irving News and the Las Colinas Business News.

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