Georgia
Ransomware Remediation Contract Dispute Leads to Arrest, Suit in Georgia
Fitzgerald, Georgia is a small town in south-central Georgia primarily known for the fact that, in May of 1865, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis was captured by Union soldiers. Its main streets ...
Data Leak: Personal identifiable information of 4.9 million Georgians found online
A database containing the private information of Georgian citizens is up for grabs on a dark web forum. Researchers from Under the Breach stumbled on the data leak over the weekend, and ...
City of Cartersville Admits Paying Ryuk Ransomware Operators $380,000
Almost a year after getting infected with ransomware, the City of Cartersville in the U.S. State of Georgia this week admitted to paying ransomware operators $380,000 to unlock its systems. Cartersville reportedly ...
Jackson County pays ransomware operators $400k to regain access to computers
Officials in Jackson County, a rural area in the southeastern US state of Georgia, were forced over the weekend to pay hackers almost half a million dollars after a ransomware attack brought ...
The Election Fix: Upgrading Georgia’s Electronic Voting Machines
Electronic voting systems are touted as a modern solution for fast and accurate vote tallies, but without appropriate safeguards, these systems run the very serious risk of eroding public confidence in election ...
