SANFORD, Fla. – Seminole County court and official records are expected to return online after a cyberattack forced the clerk’s office to shut off public access while investigators reviewed the system.Grant Maloy, the Seminole County clerk of the circuit court and comptroller, said the breach affected internal systems for more than two weeks. The office handles about 3 million pages of documents each year, including some records that contain sensitive information.“We hope to have official records and court records back up online today,” Maloy said.Maloy said the attack was linked to Russian hackers, but he said the public access portal was not breached and the website is safe to use.“As far as somebody looking at our website, there is no danger to that,” he said.[WATCH: Seminole County Clerk of Court’s website knocked offline after hack, sources say]The clerk’s office shut off internet access after detecting the breach, which Maloy said helped prevent more serious damage. He said the office’s IT team worked around the clock in the early days of the response.“When you’re in the IT world, you fear days like this, but when it comes up, you step up to the occasion,” Maloy said.Maloy said outside cybersecurity consultants and law enforcement have been involved in the review. He said the office does not yet have a final report on what information, if any, attackers may have accessed or copied.“If there is some information that is confidential, we’ll make sure we notify those people of that,” he said.Maloy said the cyberattack did not appear to come through the public website. Still, the clerk’s office is considering additional security measures on public-facing portals, including CAPTCHAs and other tools meant to stop data scrapers and malicious users.“We might add CAPTCHAs and security tools like that to prevent data scrapers and bad guys from entering, but for the most part, our systems will not hamper your access to information,” he said.Maloy said in-person services will remain available once the website is restored, and clerks have continued to assist the public throughout the repair process.Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.
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