2024 Birmingham network outage
The 2024 Birmingham network outage was a disruption in the computer network used by the City of Birmingham to support its administrative payroll, permitting, licenses, tax collection, and other services.
The outage occurred during the first week of March 2024 and was first acknowledged officially in a memo to city employees from communications director Rick Journey on March 12. Though no official statement has been made about the cause of the outage, multiple sources told AL.com that the city was the victim of a ransomware attack.
During the outage, city employees filled out paper timesheets and were paid by check. Some services initially affected by the outage, such as online payments for permits and 3-1-1 non-emergency telephone service were restored by April.