Fulton County Cyberattack Disrupts Systems, Trump Case Unaffected
The District Attorney's office, prosecuting Trump on election interference charges, is among the affected systems, but the case remains unaffected due to a separate secure system.
- Fulton County, Georgia, has been hit by a major cyberattack that has disrupted many of its systems, including phones, courts, and tax systems.
- The District Attorney's office, which is prosecuting former President Donald Trump on election interference charges, has also been affected by the outage.
- Despite the disruption, the racketeering case against Trump and others is not affected as all material related to the case is kept in a separate, highly secure system that was not hacked.
- The Atlanta Police Department has stopped sending emails to or opening emails from the District Attorney's office out of concern for its own systems, hindering prosecutors' work.
- Law enforcement, including the FBI, is investigating the cyberattack, but there is no estimate for when the outage will be repaired.