City of Forest Park reports potential data breach impacting residents
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The City of Forest Park, Georgia, is reporting a network disruption that occurred around July 24, 2024, potentially exposing residents' personal information. The incident affected a limited number of systems within the city's network infrastructure.
After detecting the incident, the city secured their network and enlisted a forensic investigation team to conduct an analysis of the incident. After several months of investigation, the forensic team was unable to definitively confirm whether personal information was accessed during the breach, but they also could not rule out this possibility.
On March 10, 2025, Forest Park determined that certain types of personal information may have been at risk. The potentially exposed data includes:
- Names
- Social Security numbers
- Driver's license information
- Dates of birth
- Passport numbers
- State ID numbers
The number of potentially affected individuals and the nature of the attack is not disclosed.
As a precautionary measure, Forest Park is sending notification letters to potentially affected individuals based on the most recent contact information in their records. The city is offering free credit monitoring services to help protect those who may have been impacted by the incident.
