LockBit attack disrupts Fulton County services for weeks
A LockBit ransomware attack knocked out phone, court, tax and other county systems in Fulton County, Georgia, with disruption lasting several weeks.
- Service
- Fulton County, Georgia
- Date
- 29 January 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- TechCrunch ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “LockBit attack disrupts Fulton County services for weeks”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 29 Jan 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-01-29-fulton-county-georgia-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: TechCrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/27/record-breaking-ransoms-and-breaches-a-timeline-of-ransomware-in-2024.
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