Macon-Bibb Cyberattack Update: County Phones Back Up, but Things Still Far From Normal; County's Network, Internet Still Down

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

Macon-Bibb County says their phone lines are back up after an apparent cyber attack, but internet service and email are still out.

The outage caused problems for some people trying to do business with county departments — and for the departments themselves. Tuesday's county commission meeting had to be live-streamed from a cellphone instead of the usual professional broadcast equipment. That phone captured an interaction between Commissioner Virgil Watkins and Mayor Lester Miller during the meeting.

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