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today marks one year since a ransomware
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attack plagued Fon County the FBI says
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Russian cyber criminals cut off access
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to critical government systems and then
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threaten to release sensitive personal
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information unless County leaders paid a
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hefty Ransom in Bitcoin the county
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declined and instead chose to rebuild
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their cyber infrastructure to bring
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those Services back online County
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chairman Rob pittz tells us that process
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is still underway because they're adding
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in extra layers of protection they're
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increasing cyber training for Fulton
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County Employees installing newer
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equipment and storing things in multiple
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places Pitts is also advocating for new
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legislation that he hopes will protect
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local governments from these cyber
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criminals this year I'll be asking uh
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the state to pass a law that will
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prohibit uh any governmental entity from
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paying a ransom because the theory is
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that if the Bad actors know that they
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won't waste time trying to force people
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to pay pit says he is grateful they came
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out of the situation successfully but
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knows another attack is possible that's
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why they're continuing to strengthen
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their Network and review their policies
