Henry County network outage to continue into next week, official says

Many Henry County Government offices remained offline Friday because of a malware attack and officials said they did not expect the system to be restored until at least next week at the earliest.

The south metro community’s technology team, with assistance from the FBI and Georgia Technology Authority, is working to bring servers back one at a time after they have been deemed safe, county spokeswoman Melissa Robinson said. That could restore some services quicker than others, she said.

Henry announced Wednesday that it was shutting down all its servers as a safety precaution after detecting a cyber "incident." The county lost email, access to Internet and the ability to process paperwork from a variety of departments -- including the tax assessor's office, business licensing and building permits -- as a result.

On Thursday, the county said it was attacked by malware, but was still investigating the extent of the damage.

Henry Commissioner Bruce Holmes said that no one nor any entity had taken responsibility for the attack or demanded ransom.

The Henry County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday said court operations were continuing, though some records were not accessible.