Henry County Sheriff's Office (GA)

Henry County, Georgia, was forced to pull out typewriters and switch to paper forms after its computer network was affected in a ransomware attack.

This tireless manual process appeared to have extended for the next couple of weeks until the affected systems were restored.

According to figures provided by the south metro Atlanta community and reported by Govtech, the county has spent around $650,000 in the last five months to recover completely from the attack.

Due to the attack, the county had immediately shut down its entire system to protect taxpayer information."

Source: https://cyware.com/news/henry-county-spends-650k-to-restore-its-computer-network-affected-in-a-data-breach-be34ddd9

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/hcsoga

"id": "hen2367523",
"linkid": "hcsoga",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "12/2019",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Henry County, Georgia',
                        'name': 'Henry County, Georgia',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'description': 'Henry County, Georgia, was forced to pull out typewriters and '
                'switch to paper forms after its computer network was affected '
                'in a ransomware attack. This tireless manual process appeared '
                'to have extended for the next couple of weeks until the '
                'affected systems were restored. According to figures provided '
                'by the south metro Atlanta community and reported by Govtech, '
                'the county has spent around $650,000 in the last five months '
                'to recover completely from the attack. Due to the attack, the '
                'county had immediately shut down its entire system to protect '
                'taxpayer information.',
 'impact': {'downtime': 'A couple of weeks',
            'financial_loss': '$650,000',
            'operational_impact': 'Switch to paper forms and typewriters',
            'systems_affected': 'Entire computer network'},
 'references': [{'source': 'Govtech'}],
 'response': {'containment_measures': 'Shut down entire system'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Henry County, Georgia',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}