Vigo County government officials are recovering from a computer virus that disrupted internet activity last Wednesday.
Director of Information Technology Jeremy Snowden says the virus was disguised as an invoice in an employee’s email.
"How the emails are viewed, it doesn’t look malicious in nature," Snowden says. "It looks like it comes from a legitimate source."
Snowden says no data was stolen. He says the IT department was able to stop the virus almost immediately due to firewalls, password protection policies, and antivirus software.
"All you can do is react, adapt, and move forward," he says. "And go into the next one and hope you’re still prepared."
Snowden says the virus did cause some halted transactions and employee login issues, but did not force any department shutdowns.