Cyberattack strikes Georgia county that was site of 2021 election breach

The Georgia county where tech experts copied the state's election software after the 2020 election was hit by a cyberattack in April.

The secretary of state's office confirmed the Coffee County cyberattack late April 26 and severed the county's connection to Georgia's voter registration system as a precaution.

"We took immediate action weeks ago, before Coffee County would acknowledge the issue, and cut them off from all of our systems immediately," said Mike Hassinger, a spokesman for the secretary of state's office.

It's unclear whether the intrusion was a ransomware attack similar to an incident earlier this year in Fulton County, where hackers took information from government computers and demanded a payment. Fulton officials have said they refused to pay the ransom.

The incident was first reported by CyberScoop, a cybersecurity publication.

The Coffee County Board of Commissioners said ...