27. July 2021

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The officials of Mobile County in southwest Alabama, have finally notified county employees of a computer system breach that compromised employee data along with other sensitive information.

Two months ago in May 2021, the County officials discovered malware affecting certain systems. In order to contain the matter and securely restore the systems, officials were forced to shut down the computer system for about three days.

The county commission said in a statement issued for employees: “As previously addressed in statements published by Mobile-area media, Mobile County recently discovered suspicious activity related to some of its computer systems. We immediately shut down and launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists, to determine the nature and scope of the activity. Once the forensic specialists confirmed that our network was secure, we safely restored our systems.”

“Although our investigation is ongoing, we have determined that certain computer systems were subject to unauthorized access on May 24, 2021. Through the forensics process, we learned on July 1, 2021, that employee information was at risk. This inf

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