Seminole County expects online services fully restored soon following cyber attack

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Some online services on the Seminole County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller’s website remain down nearly two weeks after county officials shut them down following a cyberattack.

The outage continues to affect services including access to forms and accessing online legal documents. County officials said services are still available in person at courthouse offices.

Seminole County resident Krystal Lawson said she had to come in person to take care of business.

“It messed my day up real bad,” Lawson said. “Yes, I had to take a lot of time off.”

Seminole County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Grant Maloy said the county is continuing to rebuild and review its system to make sure services are safe before they are restored online.

Maloy said it could take another two weeks before everything is fully restored. Jury duty registration and court records are the priorities for restoration, he said.

“So we’re 100% operational,” Maloy said. “The issue’s been we’re slowly making things available online.”

As of now, investigations continue into what allowed the attack to happen and what information was affected.

“We know they got into the system. They probably saw records,” Maloy said. “We’re still analyzing exactly what they got and to what servers. As far as shutting us down, they did not do that.”

Maloy said the incident has been reported to the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Tom Craig, CEO of Advanced Systems Solutions, said he’s helped many companies and agencies following cyber attacks.

He said that in situations like this, people should monitor their credit.

“If you’re not monitoring or paying an agency or a service to monitor your data, you have no idea what’s being opened in your name or your child’s name, which is more important,” Craig said.

Officials said if people were not able to make a payment during the shutdown, suspensions are being waived until the end of the month.

The FBI and FDLE have been contacted for .