Coffee County in Georgia reports cyberattack
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Coffee County, Georgia, is reporting a cyberattack on its IT infrastructure, which was detected by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on April 15th 2024.
State election officials took precautionary measures by severing Coffee County's access to the statewide voter registration system (GARViS) and other critical state systems such as ePulse and the election night reporting system. This action was intended to prevent any potential risk to Georgia's election infrastructure.
The county claims that no data exfiltration was detected.
The nature and impact of the attack, including the number of impacted systems or individuals is not disclosed. Parts of Coffee County's website were down following the incident, hampering public records access.
This cyberattack is particularly sensitive given Coffee County's involvement in controversies related to the 2020 presidential election, where it was a focal point due to claims of electoral fraud and unauthorized access to voting machine software.
