Fulton County cyberattack investigated for possible connection to Trump election case
Material related to the case against Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants has not been impacted by the hack, according to a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office.
ATLANTA — Officials investigating the recent cyberattack on Fulton County government systems are seeking to determine whether there is any connection to the election interference case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia, a county official with knowledge of the situation said.
So far, there has been no proof of a connection, the official said.
The hack did not affect material related to the case against Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants, said a spokesperson for District Attorney Fani Willis' office.
The district attorney's office keeps material related to the Trump case in "a separate, highly secure system that was not hacked and is designed to make any unauthorized access extremely difficult if not impossible," spokesperson Pallavi Bailey said in a statement.
County employees were notified early Monday of an outage affecting all government departments, including the district attorney's office. The cyberattack took place over the weekend, and many of the systems were still down Tuesday.
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