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ARIZONA GOVERNMENT

State: Cyber attack of private firm delays checks, forms to Arizonans

PHOENIX --The checks will be in the mail - soon.

That's the message from the state Department of Administration Monday to about 800 Arizonans who were counting on getting their child support, child care and unemployment checks by the first of the month.

Agency spokeswoman Megan Rose told Capitol Media Services that Exela Technologies, the private company the state uses to print and mail correspondence, took its systems offline on June 16 after experiencing a cyber attack.

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