Zachary Hansen

1 week ago | ajc.com | Zachary Hansen

Insurance giant Aflac Inc. disclosed Friday it suffered a cybersecurity breach as part of a hacking crime spree targeting the insurance industry. The cyberattack was discovered last week and was stopped within hours, the Columbus-based insurer said. Aflac said its business remains operational and its systems were not affected by ransomware. It’s unclear whether any customer data, such as Social Security numbers, insurance claims or health information, was stolen during the security breach.

1 week ago | ajc.com | Zachary Hansen

Chad Murray has lived for a decadeon a tree-lined street in Atlanta’s historic Howell Station neighborhood, roughly three miles northwest of downtown. Out his front door and across the street is the city’s largest data center campus. Many Howell Station residents have been locked in fights with the facility’s operator QTS over the constant construction, its requested tax breaks and its electricity needs.

1 week ago | ajc.com | Zachary Hansen

Our online lives may seem ethereal and detached from the real world, but not to Jon Tibbitts. He sees the brain and body of the internet every day in downtown Atlanta. Computer servers and electricity converters buzz like neurons. Cooling fans breathe as if they were lungs. Hundreds of miles of cables act as a sprawling digital nervous system. It all takes place within a century-old building off Marietta Street that Tibbitts oversees for his employer, Digital Realty.

1 week ago | buff.ly | Zachary Hansen

Our online lives may seem ethereal and detached from the real world, but not to Jon Tibbitts. He sees the brain and body of the internet every day in downtown Atlanta. Computer servers and electricity converters buzz like neurons. Cooling fans breathe as if they were lungs. Hundreds of miles of cables act as a sprawling digital nervous system. It all takes place within a century-old building off Marietta Street that Tibbitts oversees for his employer, Digital Realty.

1 week ago | ajc.com | Zachary Hansen

Development plan and schedule for the Gathering at South Forsyth: Phase 1: 600 multifamily units, 200,000 to 300,000 square feet of office space, 300,000 to 400,000 square feet of retail space, a hotel with 120 to 150 rooms, a sheriff’s office precinct and fire station, two parking decks and a 1.2-mile segment of the Big Creek Greenway Phase 2: 600 multifamily units, 250,000 to 350,000 square feet of office space, 200,000 to 300,000 square feet of retail space, two hotels with 250 to 350...