Megan Broome reports: The countys computer system was recently smasher with what was thought to live ransomware, according to Darrin Giles, county administrator, in a phone interview Monday. Ransomware is a typecast of malicious software, or malware, designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. Giles said that the incident was discovered on Friday, Feb. 7 around 9:30 p.m. when a county employee attempted to log into the system and was denied access to her email. show more on The Clayton Tribune.