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Gizmodo
April 2, 2018
City officials in Atlanta, Georgia are still trying to recover 10 days after a ransomware attack on municipal computer systems hit at least five out of 13 departments, knocking out ... “Everything on my hard drive is gone,” City Auditor Amanda Noble said in her office housed in Atlanta City Hall's ornate tower.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 31, 2018
Customers are also able to pay their bill by mailing a payment to the Department at P.O. Box 105275, Atlanta GA 30348-5275; paying at Western Union or Walmart; using online bill pay through the customer's bank or the drop box at City Hall, 68 Mitchell Street, Atlanta GA 30303 (leave checks or moneyÃâà...
MDJOnline.com
March 31, 2018
o Customers are also able to pay their bill by mailing a payment to the department at P.O. Box 105275, Atlanta GA 30348-5275; paying at Western Union or Walmart; using online bill pay through the customer's bank or the drop box at City Hall, 68 Mitchell St., Atlanta GA 30303 (leave checks or moneyÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 23, 2018
Employees at Atlanta City Hall are being handed instructions as they come through the front doors to not turn on computers or log on to their workstations. Friday's action comes as city officials are struggling to determine how much sensitive information may have been compromised in a Thursday cyberÃâà...
CBS46 News Atlanta
March 23, 2018
“These sorts of ransomware attacks are relatively common,” said Alex DeFreese, a senior security analyst for Atlanta security consulting firm Bishop Fox. Though DeFreese is not involved in the investigation into the breach that has crippled the city of Atlanta's computer systems, he has extensive knowledgeÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 22, 2018
The FBI is working with the City of Atlanta to determine what is causing problems on the city's computer network. “The City of Atlanta is currently experiencing outages on various internal and customer facing applications, including some applications that customers use to pay bills or access court-relatedÃâà...
Ars Technica
March 22, 2018
The city's official Twitter account announced that the city government "is currently experiencing outages on various customer facing applications, including some that customers may use to pay bills or access court-related information." According to a report from Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA, a city employeeÃâà...
MyAJC
March 16, 2018
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's criminal probe into Atlanta City Hall's handling of open records requests now includes the law department and purported legal invoices it supplied to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last fall. On Friday, GBI agents interviewed two AJC reporters about their interactionsÃâà...
Brunswick News
March 2, 2018
The Congress for the New Urbanism will be in town thanks to a partnership earned by the city to partner with the Georgia Conservancy, Atlanta-based ... 2-4 p.m. Saturday at HIS Ministries, 2009 Norwich St. An open house will be from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Old City Hall, 1229 Newcastle St. and a presentationÃâà...
WABE 90.1 FM
March 1, 2018
It was city hall for the community.” ... The former restaurant and the old Paschal's motel are among several civil rights sites around Atlanta that have received little recognition, despite the ... “There's a lot here that could be restored and brought back to life,” said Georgia State history professor Glenn Eskew.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
February 28, 2018
Mayor David Belle Isle resigned to focus on the Georgia race for Secretary of State. ... Alpharetta's city hall is undergoing some changes in personnel. ... “As you choose our next mayor and the two newest members of your city council, be assured that I and your city hall will remain unbiased and removedÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
February 28, 2018
A proposed City of Atlanta ordinance would ban booting or using other means to immobilize vehicles on private property. The ordinance declares that booting is "a blight on the City that negatively impacts businesses and tourism by creating significant uncertainty regarding where citizens may safely parkÃâà...
MyAJC (blog)
February 19, 2018
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution September 20, 2016 - Atlanta - Georgia State Capitol, the Gold Dome. Downtown Atlanta, Fulton County, ... But despite close ties with City Hall, Deal's administration had not been able to come to an agreement with local officials to close the city street. That changed on Feb.
MyAJC
February 19, 2018
City auditor Amanda Noble said her office had already planned the audit, but after learning of the federal bribery investigation into City Hall that came to light last year, ... Although this audit only focused on airport contracts, contracting is centralized at the Department of Procurement at Atlanta City Hall.
MyAJC
February 16, 2018
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution MAY 8, 2017 — City Hall in downtown Fort Gaines, Ga. Ten years ago, Clay County was doing well. Unemployment was low. But today the county has the highest unemployment rate in the state and no longer even has its own high school. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.
MyAJC
February 16, 2018
For years, I spent time roving Georgia for stories and discovered that it was an article of faith among rural residents that Atlanta was a sponge when it came to sopping up state resources. Rural and small-town residents ... MAY 8, 2017 — City Hall in downtown Fort Gaines, Ga. Ten years ago, Clay CountyÃâà...
GlobalAtlanta
February 9, 2018
That's one reason the Georgia Ports Authority has made a point of linking up with the Panama Canal Authority, establishing strategic partnerships to share information and resources over the years. It's also why Georgia politicians, from Atlanta City Hall to the Gold Dome, have been paying close attention toÃâà...
MyAJC
February 1, 2018
POINTER@AJ 12/29/2017 — Atlanta, GA, - Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed smiles as people gathered in the atrium of Atlanta City Hall applaud him during his final workday as mayor of Atlanta, Friday, December 29, 2017. In addition to unveiling last minute decisions that he oversaw during his time as mayor ofÃâà...
TechTarget
December 31, 1999
Atlanta's City Hall has given the all-clear for workers to turn systems back on following a ransomware attack that caused issues with certain scheduling ... Rendition Infosec LLC based in Augusta, Ga., released a report showing the city of Atlanta had poor infosec practices, but did not comment on the recentÃâà...
