Rockdale County is accepting payments for water service again after a ransomware attack compromised several of the county’s servers two weeks ago.
The computer system for Rockdale Water Resources was restored Thursday, county officials said in a news release.
“Rockdale County apologizes for the inconvenience and (is) putting measures in place to prevent this from happening again,” authorities said.
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Up to nine of the county’s servers were compromised in the attack, according to Rockdale County Technology Services. The system was infiltrated after an employee opened an email attachment containing a computer virus. An internal alert system tipped county officials to the breach, and troubleshooting began immediately, the technology department said.
During the outage, water officials stopped disconnecting customers for non-payment and waived all late fees. Those wishing to make a payment now can do so online, by phone at 1-844-396-2347 or in person by visiting 958 Milstead Avenue in Conyers.
Anyone with questions about their water service is asked to call 770-278-7400 during normal business hours.
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