Washington County Commissioners have confirmed that the county’s computer system was targeted by hackers. Republican Chairman Nick Sherman tells WJPA news that they received notice from the Department of Homeland Security early in the morning to shut down their servers because there was a security breach. Sherman said federal officials warned them of a phishing expedition taking place on their servers and at that time the servers were shut down. Sherman said the Washington County Courthouse remained open with hearings taking place and paperwork being filed by hand, but some departments that rely heavily on computers did send some employees home. Sherman says they are waiting for an official update from Homeland Security to say if this is a cyber attack, ransomware attack or if they caught the breach early enough to prevent that. So far, Sherman says, there has been no mention of any ransom.